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> Instead, Threads’ boost in daily mobile usage may be driven by other factors, including cross-promotions from Meta’s larger social apps like Facebook and Inst
by isx 9mo ago
> Instead, Threads’ boost in daily mobile usage may be driven by other factors, including cross-promotions from Meta’s larger social apps like Facebook and Instagram (where Threads is regularly advertised to existing users)
This. I use Instagram and every time I scroll through the feed there's a stripe of Threads content, clearly algorithmically chosen to grab attention. The thing is, only the top part of every post is visible, and one needs to download / go to Threads to read the rest and the replies (many posts I've seen are specifically the kind where you're more interested in replies than the post itself).
- neves 9mo agoAre you claiming Zuckerberg is manipulating numbers? I'm speechless!
- wongarsu 9mo agoIt's not manipulating numbers, it's abusing their market position to push another product. Or at least that's what we called it when Microsoft did these things in the 90s. Now it's just how business is done
- another_twist 9mo agoThere's no evidence of Meta actually fudging numbers in their history. Theres a huge lens applied to these numbers. Engagement is their bread and butter and what pays for everything else.
- relaxing 9mo agoFacebook admitted in court it lied about its video advertising numbers.
- another_twist 9mo agoYeah but nothing stopped Twitters CEO to stop doing Nazi salutes in pulic and do their freaking job. He and his mate Dorsey kicked out a guy interested in the job and replaced Twitter with this stupid shit. Either ways unless you follow some prominent academics, most of Twitter is VCs pretending to "get" AI. I was very active there and it seemed to me most content tended to be 1/N type posts with zero content.