> The real test is not if we can build up a lot of hype, but if you all find enough value in the app to keep using it over time. And there are tons of basics that are missing: search, hashtags, a following feed, graph syncing, fedeverse support, messaging maybe…
its like tiktok and twitter had a baby. it shows you content it thinks you will like based on how you use the app. i think? it's good at surfacing what i want to see based on my initial follows
There just isn't enough room in this market for contributors to post on this many text-based apps. And so consolidation will happen.
1) Threads will dominate. Mastodon will be like remora fish.
2) Twitter will be the home for "freedom of speech", Crypto bros, OnlyFans girls.
3) Truth Social, Gab, Post, Blueksy, Spoutible etc will die.
Threads had 48m users just like that U2 album[1] sold 500m copies on iTunes.
[1] https://www.eonline.com/news/1071481/remember-when-apple-for...
Let’s see how many stick around. Don’t get me wrong, I suspect you’re right. But given the promotion and ease of login I’m not at all surprised to see huge day one login numbers. The question is whether people like what they see enough to stick around.
Being able to migrate existing accounts in seconds tends to do that. Let’s see how many stick around.
You discount Threads user going the “easy” route, but think they will somehow go the “hard” way ?
Heck, Threads doesn’t even need to show ads and the displacement of ad money away from Twitter will benefit Meta as much of that Twitter ad money will get redirected to Meta properties like FB and IG instead.
Zuckerberg has said that they won't run ads until there is a credible path to 1 billion users.
So for a year or more it will be Threads with no ads. And Twitter with according to their newly hired CEO "full-screen, sound-on" ads.
And as mentioned you can simply Mute/Block them.
But there is going to be a year or more of Threads being ad-free whilst Twitter is not. That's a game changer.
Not it won't. Facebook removed the chronological feed 10 years ago, they won't reintroduce it in Threads.
"Curated" feeds is how they get announcers to pay for visibility since the user has no control over what it is displayed at a given time
That seems kind of strange to me, though, because 1 billion is more than 3x the entire Twitter user base.
Also Insta has 1bn+ active MAUs and Meta us leaning heavily on Insta for Threads
Twitter has an algorithmic feed.
They rushed to market.
With this decision they ensured you have content from the day one. Often irrelevant (which is risky), but TBH, I’ve found their algorithm to be ok. I’ll drop it as soon as possible, but for v0, I’m ok with it.
Wat.
> ... centralized version and vision
The mental gymnastics you decentralized shills go through is astounding.
The “even if it’s the centralized version” is an acknowledgement that some users may prefer centralization, or the platform is still too young to usefully decentralize. As long as there is a way out, or a credible plan, freedom is preserved.
The third Matrix succeeded due to choice—even at the subconscious level.
Not exactly. They can't even show you full timelines: https://bsky.app/profile/dholms.xyz/post/3jzsdcorxx42n
Also: I'm definitely not going to code anything?
Most people want this though. They don't just want to see people they follow, they want to be served an endless stream of takes and fight videos