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115 million active users yet I can't recall ever seeing a Threads screenshot. Even on Elon-hostile places like Imgur and Reddit, the overwhelming majority of sc

115 million active users yet I can't recall ever seeing a Threads screenshot. Even on Elon-hostile places like Imgur and Reddit, the overwhelming majority of screenshotted memes are from X.

imrehg 1y ago
News TV channels in Taiwan that I usually watch, very often use videos from Threads for local news reporting (stuff sent in by the public). X-originated ones pretty much disappeared for the same use. This doesn't account for millions of users (by a long shot), but definitely a noticeable shift.
izacus 1y ago
Did you ever think that "what you see" is not the whole reality or even close to important to the state of the world?
orwin 1y ago
You probably aren't their target demographic. Are you from the US or from EU?
buyucu 1y ago
It's probably country specific. The country you live in might be on Twitter, but many are on Threads. Social networks live on network effects. You don't choose a social network, you just go where everyone else is.
piva00 1y ago
It's just a bias of what cultures you are more exposed to. The same with messaging apps, different societies huddled in different apps.
lapcat 1y ago
X is designed for controversy. Threads is designed for anti-controversy. Meta has deliberately discouraged and downplayed politics on Threads. Screenshots are mostly of controversial stuff.
- ulfw 1y ago
  LOL yea no that's not what my threads looks like. It's 99% politics. The one difference is that threads basically uses instagrams engagement model and bubble up stuff you 'like' or would 'agree with' rather than very confrontational stuff. It's still politics. Just your own view of it.
  - lapcat 1y ago
    That one difference is a big difference. See also: "we won’t proactively recommend content about politics on recommendation surfaces across Instagram and Threads" https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/continuing-our-approach-to-political-content-on-instagram-and-threads https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/continuing-ou...

115 million active users yet I can't recall ever seeing a Threads screenshot. Even on Elon-hostile places like Imgur and Reddit, the overwhelming majority of screenshotted memes are from X.

imrehg 1y ago

News TV channels in Taiwan that I usually watch, very often use videos from Threads for local news reporting (stuff sent in by the public). X-originated ones pretty much disappeared for the same use. This doesn't account for millions of users (by a long shot), but definitely a noticeable shift.

izacus 1y ago

Did you ever think that "what you see" is not the whole reality or even close to important to the state of the world?

orwin 1y ago

You probably aren't their target demographic. Are you from the US or from EU?

buyucu 1y ago

It's probably country specific. The country you live in might be on Twitter, but many are on Threads. Social networks live on network effects. You don't choose a social network, you just go where everyone else is.

piva00 1y ago

It's just a bias of what cultures you are more exposed to. The same with messaging apps, different societies huddled in different apps.

lapcat 1y ago

X is designed for controversy. Threads is designed for anti-controversy. Meta has deliberately discouraged and downplayed politics on Threads. Screenshots are mostly of controversial stuff.

ulfw 1y ago
LOL yea no that's not what my threads looks like. It's 99% politics. The one difference is that threads basically uses instagrams engagement model and bubble up stuff you 'like' or would 'agree with' rather than very confrontational stuff. It's still politics. Just your own view of it.
- lapcat 1y ago
  That one difference is a big difference. See also: "we won’t proactively recommend content about politics on recommendation surfaces across Instagram and Threads" https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/continuing-our-approach-to-political-content-on-instagram-and-threads https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/continuing-ou...