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Meta takes aim at Twitter with Threads app, millions join

www.reuters.com Meta takes aim at Twitter with Threads app, millions join

Those quick to join the new platform included celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez as well as prominent politicians such as Democratic U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

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It’s garbage and people love it. 🐑

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- Lowkey it's pretty garbage lol.
  
  But it's by Facebook and a lot of people are already joining it. I feel like if anyone can compete with twitter it'll be them (even though I genuinely despite Zuck)
  
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  It’s garbage and people will love it.
  
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- Let people enjoy new things.
  
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  It’s meta. It was ruined in the conception stage. No way were there good actors at play at any point in this process.
  
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"Fresh out of the frying pan and into the fire" to quote Jay-Z

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- meta is.. social media’s number one supplier?
  
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- Pretty sure that was the name of the 6th chapter of The Hobbit but it's there has been similar idioms around for a long long time.
  
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Millions joined? Or millions of Facebook/Instagram accounts were imported?

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- Probably imported, but that doesn't make them less real. The ease of transferring accounts will be a major advantage for this platform.
  
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My guess is that a good part of those people are just trying to reserve a good username and then will sit on it.

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But why?

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- Probably the same reason people from Reddit deffered to Lemmy. Discontent with the current service provider.
  
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  That's not the question. The question is, why are people satisfied with Meta as a service provider, given everything they know about them.
  
  And the answer is: Instagram. People don't actually associate Instagram with Meta in the same way they do with Facebook, given that one used to be the name of the company.
  
  Threads is an extension to Instagram. Hell, most Twitter users jumping over probably didn't even need to create an account, because they're already active on Instagram.
  
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- Celebs got paid for it probably.
  
  Everyone else thinks it's a harmless test and are trying it. Esp since Twitter is disemboweling itself.
  
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Facebook/meta makes everything terrible.

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Wow. Was not expecting growth so rapidly.

I don't like Meta or Twitter, but I am rooting for Meta in this battle. Just sick of Musk's antics.

At any rate, I've got my popcorn ready.

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