Threads
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Threads:
I’m a bit of a dinosaur admittedly but pretty much the only place I’ve seen any discussion of Threads is here. Not a good sign
You all are getting your information not by being on the platform, but by reading about it online. Which, c'mon man.
In general terms, it's interesting to me they're trying to integrate platforms, which I don't think is going away anytime soon. It's a total guess of mine, but I think we're going to see more attempts at that. It's beneficial both to users and in the social media companies who harvest user data. Especially interesting is how Threads is influencing Instagram and vice versa. There's a lot of back and forth.
In specific terms, I see more activity on the platform every day. My experience is completely contrary to these articles, but there are specific reasons for that and I think my experience is very much an outlier. I have no doubt there was a lot of initial interest that's starting to wane.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Threads:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Threads:
I’m a bit of a dinosaur admittedly but pretty much the only place I’ve seen any discussion of Threads is here. Not a good sign
You all are getting your information not by being on the platform, but by reading about it online. Which, c'mon man.
Sorry, I’m too busy fighting the Russians to spend much time on Threads
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Threads:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Threads:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Threads:
I’m a bit of a dinosaur admittedly but pretty much the only place I’ve seen any discussion of Threads is here. Not a good sign
You all are getting your information not by being on the platform, but by reading about it online. Which, c'mon man.
Sorry, I’m too busy fighting the Russians to spend much time on Threads
That's one of the reasons I go on Threads—to take a break from information related to total global decline.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Threads:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Threads:
I’m a bit of a dinosaur admittedly but pretty much the only place I’ve seen any discussion of Threads is here. Not a good sign
You all are getting your information not by being on the platform, but by reading about it online. Which, c'mon man.
In general terms, it's interesting to me they're trying to integrate platforms, which I don't think is going away anytime soon. It's a total guess of mine, but I think we're going to see more attempts at that. It's beneficial both to users and in the social media companies who harvest user data. Especially interesting is how Threads is influencing Instagram and vice versa. There's a lot of back and forth.
In specific terms, I see more activity on the platform every day. My experience is completely contrary to these articles, but there are specific reasons for that and I think my experience is very much an outlier. I have no doubt there was a lot of initial interest that's starting to wane.
Rome was not built in a day. I think we'll see increasing interest from those who value what it offers.
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For a second week in a row, the number of daily active users declined on Threads, falling to 13 million, down about 70% from a July 7 peak, according to estimates from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower.
The average time users spend on the iOS and Android apps has also decreased to four minutes from 19 minutes. The average time spent for Android users in the U.S. dropped to five minutes from a peak of 21 minutes on launch day, according to SimilarWeb, a digital data and analytics company.
Twitter’s daily active users remain steady at about 200 million, and average time spent is at 30 minutes a day, according to Sensor Tower estimates.
Meta executives have said they expected an eventual decline after the app gained more than 100 million sign-ups within a week of its launching earlier this month. They have signaled that they don’t see the falloff as worrisome and have said they are working on additional features. Meta aims to increase the number of users and improve the experience before trying to monetize the platform. -
Opposite for me.
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About 500K users per day.
That's almost as bad as CNN.
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DON’T let them eat cake.
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Meta's Threads website is now live for everyone
Threads users who've been asking for a working website since the social network launched in early July finally have their wish. As of Thursday, Meta's new platform is fully accessible to all users from any computer and desktop browser, Instagram head Adam Mosseri confirmed in a new Threads post.
The official launch follows a Threads post from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday that showed him in front of a PC seemingly working on the website. In the post, Zuckerberg revealed that the site would be rolling out over the next few days.
One of the most requested features from Threads users, the web version lets you sign in with your account credentials, access your entire news feed, respond to posts, and create your own posts from your PC.
Best comment: "Both the remaining users are reportedly pleased by this news."
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I suspect other social media companies have taken notice...Better have the bugs ironed out, before you go live.
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Education is extremely important.
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What's its marketing push again? That here, we'll enforce the pop culture politics of the day, via strict censorship?
FB and IG are stagnating. Could be they see this as their lifeboat.
And they're still getting new users accustomed to the platform before they reach 1 million, after which they'll start ads and basically ruin everything.
The takeaway is that social media is a lot like military campaigns: Americans know how to go in, disrupt shit, build and let things die but we sure don't know how to sustain anything.
The tech is really what to watch for, though. Carrying your community across platforms would certainly change things.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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I find this kind of interesting:
Three months ago, Threads, Meta Platforms’ answer to Twitter, was the hottest social media app around. In just days, 100 million people had signed up for it. Since then, usage has plunged, prompting Meta staffers to look for ways to revive interest in the app.
One top priority is getting creators to post more often, as a way of boosting the kind of content that might keep people coming back to the app. This month, Instagram, which created Threads, will hold multiple focus groups with creators in an effort to learn what would make it more appealing, said a person with direct knowledge of the situation. Instagram’s partnerships department, which handles nonadvertising deals with media companies and creators, has targets set around getting
Every single comment regarding this I have ever seen has been active revolt. Users are bragging about how many high-following "creators" and brands they've blocked in a day. Celebrities are getting raked over the coals for even being on the platform.
Brands, celebrities and influencers think it's a dead platform because the reach is so low. Normies love it because their engagement is better than Twitter and IG combined.
What I find funny is that IG is pissed they made a platform pretty close to what users actually want, but they're in crisis mode because they failed to make it skeezy enough.
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Kinda like PianoWorld and all the crap thrown in the air who wanted a more civilized platform.
Two things happened...
- The unrulies were shown the door. Not long after, many of the "civilized" people left.
- Total hits for the platform dropped.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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Kinda like PianoWorld and all the crap thrown in the air who wanted a more civilized platform.
Two things happened...
- The unrulies were shown the door. Not long after, many of the "civilized" people left.
- Total hits for the platform dropped.
Kinda, but the pool is bigger, so the thing is, a lot of people actually kinda hate being "encouraged" to have parasocial relationships with celebrities and influencers. They want to connect with people like them.
I think Meta didn't have a firm grasp on the difference between how they thought others would see the new platform, and how users actually did.
People outside of Threads joke about what a total failure it was. People still using it are more than happy with it and are relieved they don't have to rely on IG or Twitter anymore.
