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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by jonathanstrange on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @08:46AM (#36585941)
> is not easily replicable

What makes you think so? Twitter has no moat, the functionality is easy to replicate. It's all about the user base.

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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by carafizi on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @09:14AM (#36586224)
The user base is exactly what's not easily replicable.

And trying to "migrate" a user base from Instagram seems like a shot in the foot in this context, even if the whole mechanic of the platform is pretty much the same as twitter, the user base is already completely different

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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by hombre_fatal on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @10:35AM (#36587292)
Having that community and culture is the moat. Even like things like “ratio” and “subtweeting” are part of the moat if you’re trying to create a clone.

However, that doesn’t mean there can’t be a next big thing out of nowhere like TikTok.

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