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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by foogazi on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @12:16AM (#36582178)
The influencers and brands are already there
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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by dash2 on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @03:18AM (#36583316)
Yeah, this is an underrated point. The huge advantage that Instagram has over Mastodon and Bluesk is everyone is already on it. The bootstrap problem is already solved. By the world's least ethical company. It sucks but this is how we live in the Age of Scale.
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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by DANmode on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @01:07PM (#36589504)
> everyone is already on it

and can start being fed notifications and UI for the other thing at a moment's notice.

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