I’ll double down on my original prediction: Threads is a dud.
The problem with threads is that they are boring because people don’t know how to write them. They are their own thing not a stupidly formatted essay
If they force Elon to make Twitter suck less, it will be enough for me
Woke up this morning. Saw threads was a thing. Logged on and didn’t see much interesting or new, but they did reference Mastedon in the onboarding process. First thought “what does Dan Romero think.”
Why do you think it’s a dud? It feels like more of the same to me, but what’s your reasoning?
I didn’t even bother the download, and am already annoyed with Twitter only talking about it.
Agreed. Like you said: https://twitter.com/dwr/status/1676787860433690625?s=46&t=kbUluqkrtSAIaGiJXuXVAw
threads is for people who aren’t hot enough to be instagram queens and who aren’t intellectual or productive enough to be twitter kings trying to combine the mid leverage they have between the two to foster relevance. in that way it feels like an unimaginative and extractive social factory for clout chasers.
Threads data collection is a ultimate threat to one's privacy
Clearly so. Surprising that Zuck allowed a product to be launched with very poor thought. They didn’t consider picking the right initial network at all it seems.
I'm interested in how they lean into their social graph tech. Got to imagine they can leverage all the data they have to create interesting concentric circles around powerful influencers. Maybe they can identify them from past behaviors on IG. Also, I'm not sure what will happen. Zuck seems surprised.
There's something reassuringly comforting about @dwr doubling down on this prediction. May it be so! (corporate network effect → instant high-water mark → snore! 🥱)
My hunch is that Threads is here to stay. I think the ability to import an existing social graph is huge - better feed, better recs, etc. In my first 10 minutes on the platform I re-connected with friends who never made it to Twitter. Also, integrations with other fediverse platforms has a lot of potential.
- The engagement with others posts is useless - Automated follow function is sucks (I don’t want to follow each and everyone from ig) - No pin post function - The privacy…
I don’t think so. It has potential to dethrone Twitter now that Elon started f*cking with it by limiting users how much tweets they can see, etc. I’m officially bearish Twitter for the first time since I joined back in 2009.
I am mostly with this - the one thing that gives me pause is Threads ability to indefinitely retarget people on instagram. (Kinda what they did with IG Stories) Do you think the ability to retarget will make a difference? (Basically, come back when we have better content for you)
consensus is often wrong & I’m seeing plenty negative takes it’ll win this round
I’d say it’s an instant success right now. What determines if it survives is what they optimize the feed around, and how much control they give to users to configure their feed. If it stays as a bunch of 20m+ follower influencers saying vapid things I don’t think it will last
Amusingly, it requires an Instagram account, which I deactivated only a month or so ago. Needless to say, I haven’t tried it and don’t need to.
How do we define dud? I think what’s interesting to me about the potential of Threads is how they might handle virality. If they have some drama or viral moments that are worth reporting on beyond the fact that they are growing, that’s when maybe it steals the limelight from Twitter.
Totally agree. Huge launch, but can’t see it being anything anyone cares about in six months.
Saturated with brands and individuals with large followings already ported over
regular people just want to know apps work. and by all accounts, threads not only works. it works well. regardless of where they borrowed? stole? their ideas from. they went for LCD. will move their IG audience there. and then iterate. it's here to stay.
If this ends up being wrong, why do you think that is? What priors does it update for you?
Seems to be mainly for Instagram users that never adopted Twitter or a #Web3 text first app
When will this platform be public?
Users (including me) are just porns in a billionaire dick measuring contest. It’s crud, it’s Lude and we have no control. Literally ever post shows up it has no filters. 👎