Meta dropping Twitter competitor on Thursday

[TEH]

Sounds like spill gonna pull a Fox.

Cater to black folks to get hot then switch up the vibes once they get on.


I’m good.

Or pull a Pink (singer) or a Post Malone

 

[Dr. Acula]

I think this is going to be a legit app killer, as long as they don't fukk up future changes. They need to implement hashtags, chronological feeds, searching by topic, and more integration with other services. After that, it's over.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

I think this is going to be a legit app killer, as long as they don't fukk up future changes. They need to implement hashtags, chronological feeds, searching by topic, and more integration with other services. After that, it's over.

It has too much random dumb accounts on my feed

And they're not talking about shyt

 

[NerdNash]

Spoiler

906057

Within the first milli. Not too bad. Feels the same like when I jumped to the Coli from SOHH on the first day (check my joined date). You know a sinking ship when you see it. 🫡

754,322

 

[Dr. Acula]

It has too much random dumb accounts on my feed

And they're not talking about shyt

I saw that they are already working on a followers feed so you can see only people you follow. They also said they will be implementing editing of posts for free. That shyt will seal twitters coffin. The only thing Twitter will have at some point is porn, nazis, and crypto-scammers if they don't fukk this up like I said lol.

 

[Skooby]

so how long until people start flexing their threads number

Spoiler

28,417

Spoiler

906057

Within the first milli. Not too bad. Feels the same like when I jumped to the Coli from SOHH on the first day (check my joined date). You know a sinking ship when you see it. 🫡

754,322

I was 25,000 something but I took it off my IG. I don't like that it's linked to there. I don't want people finding me smh.

I don't think there's a way to put it back on or to find out your number once you took it off.

 

[bnew]

Threads isn’t for news and politics, says Instagram’s boss

Adam Mosseri says it isn’t going to “encourage” these verticals.

www.theverge.com

Threads isn’t for news and politics, says Instagram’s boss​

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Adam Mosseri ran Facebook’s News Feed in 2016, and now he tells Alex Heath that politics and hard news aren’t ‘worth the scrutiny, negativity (let’s be honest), or integrity risks.’​

By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium.
Jul 7, 2023, 2:16 PM EDT

Illustration: The Verge



Instagram’s new Threads app is “not going to do anything to encourage” politics and “hard news,” Instagram boss Adam Mosseri said in a Threads conversation with The Verge’s Alex Heath.

The additional scrutiny, negativity, and integrity risks that come with politics and hard news aren’t worth the “incremental engagement or revenue,” Mosseri wrote.
“There are more than enough amazing communities — sports, music, fashion, beauty, entertainment, etc. — to make a vibrant platform without needing to get into politics or hard news.” (Mosseri’s strong point of view here is likely informed by his time running Facebook’s News Feed.)

In recent years, Meta has distanced itself from news and politics, including reducing the amount of political content that users see on Facebook. It even dropped “News” from the name of the Facebook Feed last year. The company also responded to a new Canadian law that would require it to pay for local news by saying it will yank news from Facebook and Instagram in the country.

While Threads is assuredly a take on Twitter, a platform tying itself in knots under new ownership, Mosseri is apparently thinking much bigger. Following along with his boss, Mark Zuckerberg's statement about finding a “clear path to 1 billion people,” Mosseri said:

The goal isn’t to replace Twitter. The goal is to create a public square for communities on Instagram that never really embraced Twitter and for communities on Twitter (and other platforms) that are interested in a less angry place for conversations, but not all of Twitter.

Threads launched on Wednesday and has proven to be a big hit; it’s already surpassed 70 million signups. But the vibe, so far, is decidedly not like what you might be familiar with from Twitter: the only available feed is an algorithmic one, and that feed is already flooded with celebrities and brands.

https://www.threads.net/t/CuZ6opKtHva/

Still, it seems inevitable that politics and news will trickle onto Threads in some way, especially if politicians and journalists use the platform during the 2024 presidential election cycle. And Instagram is working on a feed just for people you follow and a chronological feed, which, at least for me, should make Threads a much more useful place to find news. But it sounds like Instagram won’t be going out of its way to make Threads what Twitter once was — so don’t get your hopes up for some kind of Thread-Deck.

 

[NerdNash]

Threads isn’t for news and politics, says Instagram’s boss

Adam Mosseri says it isn’t going to “encourage” these verticals.

www.theverge.com

Threads isn’t for news and politics, says Instagram’s boss​

/

Adam Mosseri ran Facebook’s News Feed in 2016, and now he tells Alex Heath that politics and hard news aren’t ‘worth the scrutiny, negativity (let’s be honest), or integrity risks.’​

By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium.
Jul 7, 2023, 2:16 PM EDT

Illustration: The Verge



Instagram’s new Threads app is “not going to do anything to encourage” politics and “hard news,” Instagram boss Adam Mosseri said in a Threads conversation with The Verge’s Alex Heath.

The additional scrutiny, negativity, and integrity risks that come with politics and hard news aren’t worth the “incremental engagement or revenue,” Mosseri wrote.
“There are more than enough amazing communities — sports, music, fashion, beauty, entertainment, etc. — to make a vibrant platform without needing to get into politics or hard news.” (Mosseri’s strong point of view here is likely informed by his time running Facebook’s News Feed.)

In recent years, Meta has distanced itself from news and politics, including reducing the amount of political content that users see on Facebook. It even dropped “News” from the name of the Facebook Feed last year. The company also responded to a new Canadian law that would require it to pay for local news by saying it will yank news from Facebook and Instagram in the country.

While Threads is assuredly a take on Twitter, a platform tying itself in knots under new ownership, Mosseri is apparently thinking much bigger. Following along with his boss, Mark Zuckerberg's statement about finding a “clear path to 1 billion people,” Mosseri said:




Threads launched on Wednesday and has proven to be a big hit; it’s already surpassed 70 million signups. But the vibe, so far, is decidedly not like what you might be familiar with from Twitter: the only available feed is an algorithmic one, and that feed is already flooded with celebrities and brands.

https://www.threads.net/t/CuZ6opKtHva/

Still, it seems inevitable that politics and news will trickle onto Threads in some way, especially if politicians and journalists use the platform during the 2024 presidential election cycle. And Instagram is working on a feed just for people you follow and a chronological feed, which, at least for me, should make Threads a much more useful place to find news. But it sounds like Instagram won’t be going out of its way to make Threads what Twitter once was — so don’t get your hopes up for some kind of Thread-Deck.

Smart if true

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Damn BlueSky really missed its chance

Actually I think it still has a shot
Threadz ain't got no real convos going on

 

[Digital Omen]

I saw that they are already working on a followers feed so you can see only people you follow. They also said they will be implementing editing of posts for free. That shyt will seal twitters coffin. The only thing Twitter will have at some point is porn, nazis, and crypto-scammers if they don't fukk this up like I said lol.

So Twitter becomes 4cac...and then what happens when one of those a$$holes turns 18 and buys an Ar-15

 

[23Barrettcity]

I’ll leave twitter once m forced to, feel ike every year someone tries to replace twitter and everyone comes right back, silently.

Threads shyt is weird and needs like a year of updates until it’s a viable alternative

Hi maga

 

[23Barrettcity]

it's been kind of funny to see how salty Jack has been the past 24 hours. Can't feel bad for his new app since he is such a Elon dikkrider

He’s one of elons private investors isn’t he?

 

[bnew]

Damn BlueSky really missed its chance

Actually I think it still has a shot
Threadz ain't got no real convos going on

As Threads soars, Twitter rival Bluesky hits its first million installs

It's taken Bluesky roughly four months to hit the "1 million+" downloads milestone.

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As Threads soars, Twitter rival Bluesky hits its first million installs​

Sarah Perez@sarahintampa / 9:00 AM EDT•July 7, 2023
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Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch

As Instagram’s new Twitter rival Threads soars into the double-digit millions after launching on Wednesday, another Twitter alternative, Bluesky, has hit a milestone of its own. According to new analysis from app store intelligence provider data.ai, Bluesky has now topped a million downloads across iOS and Android, despite remaining an invite-only app.

Of course, this metric pales compared with the numbers Threads is putting out as an app that’s tied into Instagram’s social graph. And it’s far from catching up to Twitter itself, which added another 72 million first-time installs while Bluesky was working toward its first million. That’s an average of 518,000 new downloads per day for Twitter, data.ai notes. By comparison, Bluesky only sees 8,300 first-time installs per day, on average.

That said, it’s still solid growth for an app where invites remain scarce and, sometimes, unusable — the company even temporarily paused sign-ups during the first weekend in July after Twitter’s decision to limit the number of readable tweets drove new demand for Twitter alternatives. The Bluesky team was worried the record-high traffic would result in performance issues as it wasn’t yet ready for such a large influx of new users, they explained at the time.

In fact, data.ai reports that the move by Twitter allowed Bluesky to hit its new milestone, as an estimated 300,000 new Bluesky installs were registered since June 30.

Download numbers of Bluesky Social app over the last few months. Image Credits: Data.ai

The U.S. accounts for the largest number of Bluesky installs, or 40%. That’s followed by Brazil (9.5%), Japan (8.5%), Thailand (7.5%) and the United Kingdom (4.6%).

In total, it’s taken Bluesky roughly four months to hit the “1 million+” downloads milestone. But it’s likely the app would have seen a faster rate of adoption had it fully opened up to the public. The team’s decision to keep its app private may ultimately hurt its potential success now that Threads is out and promising to integrate with ActivityPub — the protocol powering the open source, decentralized social network Mastodon, another popular Twitter alternative. Bluesky, meanwhile, is developing its own decentralized social networking protocol, the AT Protocol.

Though it’s already faced moderation challenges, Bluesky can’t be counted out yet. The company this week announced $8 million in seed funding and its first paid service, custom domains, as it looks outside the traditional ad-supported market to find a means of monetization.

 

[NerdNash]

Damn BlueSky really missed its chance

Actually I think it still has a shot
Threadz ain't got no real convos going on

If threads stays away from politics it’ll be good for the fact you won’t have the left and right extremists doing too much but I wonder what the con of that is….. a lot of people (most?) love at least reading the back and forths

 

[23Barrettcity]

T

That joke pretty old