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I thought the same thing, but then realize that Threads was a huge flop. Is it really a skill to very quickly release a dud app? I don't know the answer to th

I thought the same thing, but then realize that Threads was a huge flop. Is it really a skill to very quickly release a dud app? I don't know the answer to that. Bypassing bureaucracy seems like heaven, but it feels like it also bypassed the product folks entirely.

ianlevesque 2y ago
What? It has more than 300M users.
- silisili 2y ago
  Today, maybe? I haven't kept up. I'm talking specifically about its launch.
  - OtherShrezzing 2y ago
    They had 100m account creations within the first 5 days.
    - silisili 2y ago
      https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2023/11/08/threads-dead-long-live-threads-the-app-s-decline-makes-it-sandbox-brands https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2023/11/08/threads-dead-long...
  - linkregister 2y ago
    Threads' launch was intentionally rushed in order to capitalize on the user discontent at the time. Without a large alternative, enthusiasm to migrate to another social network would have waned. Note that Bluesky was still invite-only when Threads launched.
- ahoka 2y ago
  How many of those are bots?
  - linkregister 2y ago
    How many users on X (Twitter) or Bluesky are bots? It's reasonable to assume the percentages are the same, given the lack of public information for the major text-based broadcast social networks. X is estimated to have 250M daily active users. Mark Zuckerberg recently stated that Threads' DAUs were 100M. Threads achieving a bit under half the size in such a short time is impressive, especially since Threads still lacks many features that X has had for years.
    - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
      > It's reasonable to assume the percentages are the same It's reasonable to assume they're worse. Bluesky doesn't have Facebook's network or surveillance apparatus. Neither does Twitter, except it's a higher-value target than Bluesky and Threads combined.
  - sn0wleppard 2y ago
    And how many are Instagram users who created a Threads account after being prompted but never actually use it?
    - linkregister 2y ago
      Daily Active Users (DAUs) and Monthly Active User counts represent the amount of users that perform activity on the application daily and monthly, respectively.
      - NBJack 2y ago
        There is no industry standard for DAUs or MAUs. Take it all with a hefty grain of salt.
- mukunda_johnson 2y ago
  I think most of those are Instagram shoving it in your face. Yeah I'm a "Threads user", but only because of the inline feed in Instagram. I'm annoyed when there is a notification blip but it turns out to be Threads spam.
  - notyourwork 2y ago
    Same annoyance here!
- pjc50 2y ago
  Using it for what? Can someone list their fave Threads accounts so we can get a picture?
cmdtab 2y ago
What is threads lacking from a product perspective?
- yokoprime 2y ago
  Novelty
- silisili 2y ago
  It was given no thought or advertisement or anything. It -feels- like an engineering marathon to make a safe space from Twitter. I don't know that it's a bad effort, but it's one that rose and died seemingly the same day. I feel like more time with a good product person would have given more thought to fit, advertising, release, and so on.
- captainbland 2y ago
  I guess its only real USP is "automatically import your Instagram friends", except that doesn't really work properly because only a fraction of people on Instagram seem to be interested in Threads. Its fediverse integration stuff isn't panning out because nobody in the fediverse is stupid enough to let them federate. The single thread per message instead of hashtags thing doesn't seem to add a lot either.
- pjc50 2y ago
  The "product" in a social network is the community and the culture. Despite being terminally online I can't tell you what those look like for Threads. I can for FB/Insta/Twitter/Bsky/LinkedIn/Mastodon.
- naijaboiler 2y ago
  What's it lacking? purpose. value. actual users.
chikere232 2y ago
It's certainly a skill to launch quickly at that scale. There are plenty of bureaucratically managed slowly launched duds too I hate meta with a passion, but I don't deny they have some great infrastructure and engineers to enable the bad things they do to the world

ianlevesque 2y ago

What? It has more than 300M users.

silisili 2y ago
Today, maybe? I haven't kept up. I'm talking specifically about its launch.
- OtherShrezzing 2y ago
  They had 100m account creations within the first 5 days.
  - silisili 2y ago
    https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2023/11/08/threads-dead-long-live-threads-the-app-s-decline-makes-it-sandbox-brands https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2023/11/08/threads-dead-long...
- linkregister 2y ago
  Threads' launch was intentionally rushed in order to capitalize on the user discontent at the time. Without a large alternative, enthusiasm to migrate to another social network would have waned. Note that Bluesky was still invite-only when Threads launched.
ahoka 2y ago
How many of those are bots?
- linkregister 2y ago
  How many users on X (Twitter) or Bluesky are bots? It's reasonable to assume the percentages are the same, given the lack of public information for the major text-based broadcast social networks. X is estimated to have 250M daily active users. Mark Zuckerberg recently stated that Threads' DAUs were 100M. Threads achieving a bit under half the size in such a short time is impressive, especially since Threads still lacks many features that X has had for years.
  - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
    > It's reasonable to assume the percentages are the same It's reasonable to assume they're worse. Bluesky doesn't have Facebook's network or surveillance apparatus. Neither does Twitter, except it's a higher-value target than Bluesky and Threads combined.
- sn0wleppard 2y ago
  And how many are Instagram users who created a Threads account after being prompted but never actually use it?
  - linkregister 2y ago
    Daily Active Users (DAUs) and Monthly Active User counts represent the amount of users that perform activity on the application daily and monthly, respectively.
    - NBJack 2y ago
      There is no industry standard for DAUs or MAUs. Take it all with a hefty grain of salt.
mukunda_johnson 2y ago
I think most of those are Instagram shoving it in your face. Yeah I'm a "Threads user", but only because of the inline feed in Instagram. I'm annoyed when there is a notification blip but it turns out to be Threads spam.
- notyourwork 2y ago
  Same annoyance here!
pjc50 2y ago
Using it for what? Can someone list their fave Threads accounts so we can get a picture?

cmdtab 2y ago

What is threads lacking from a product perspective?

yokoprime 2y ago
Novelty
silisili 2y ago
It was given no thought or advertisement or anything. It -feels- like an engineering marathon to make a safe space from Twitter. I don't know that it's a bad effort, but it's one that rose and died seemingly the same day. I feel like more time with a good product person would have given more thought to fit, advertising, release, and so on.
captainbland 2y ago
I guess its only real USP is "automatically import your Instagram friends", except that doesn't really work properly because only a fraction of people on Instagram seem to be interested in Threads. Its fediverse integration stuff isn't panning out because nobody in the fediverse is stupid enough to let them federate. The single thread per message instead of hashtags thing doesn't seem to add a lot either.
pjc50 2y ago
The "product" in a social network is the community and the culture. Despite being terminally online I can't tell you what those look like for Threads. I can for FB/Insta/Twitter/Bsky/LinkedIn/Mastodon.
naijaboiler 2y ago
What's it lacking? purpose. value. actual users.

chikere232 2y ago

It's certainly a skill to launch quickly at that scale. There are plenty of bureaucratically managed slowly launched duds too I hate meta with a passion, but I don't deny they have some great infrastructure and engineers to enable the bad things they do to the world