Re:How the new Threads app is made
by troupo on Saturday July 08, 2023 @04:20AM
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The reason Musk wanted to buy Twitter was to satisfy bis own enormous ego and whims. He did try to get out of buying it though.
As for relevance... A few more great business decisions from Musk, and Twitter's relevance will plummet to unrecoverable depths. All Facebook has to do with Threads is not do obvious mistakes.
But that all is completely beside the point. The original claim was "They are going head-to-head with one of the largest social networks".
"Large networks" are counted in terms of MAU and hours of engagement. And Twitter is rapidly losing it's relevance. Because FB's (and everyone's) largest competitors are
1. Time. There's only 24 hours in the day
2. Social networks and products grabbing that time: TikTok and video streaming services
As for relevance... A few more great business decisions from Musk, and Twitter's relevance will plummet to unrecoverable depths. All Facebook has to do with Threads is not do obvious mistakes.
But that all is completely beside the point. The original claim was "They are going head-to-head with one of the largest social networks".
"Large networks" are counted in terms of MAU and hours of engagement. And Twitter is rapidly losing it's relevance. Because FB's (and everyone's) largest competitors are
1. Time. There's only 24 hours in the day
2. Social networks and products grabbing that time: TikTok and video streaming services
Twitter doesn't really enter the equation.