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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by dmix on Monday July 03, 2023 @11:40PM (#36581936)
So basically like predicting Instagram will destroy Snap/Tiktok by cloning features like stories?

One of those HN threads you see people bookmark and bring up years later to show HN's competence at prediction using only the current day market players which they glibly generalize.

Re:Threads, an Instagram App by pgayed on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @12:06AM (#36582116)
Yes, agreed. HN archetype usually predicts failure of the introduced product or its irrelevance.

But maybe it goes the other way with clones. (“[Original thing] doesn't stand a chance. Releasing [Clone] will totally kill the userbase.”)