Instagram’s new Twitter competitor, Threads, is off to a rocket start. Mark Zuckerberg announced 30 million activated profiles, while internal data shows over 95 million posts and 190 million likes in less than one day,

  • Dr. Moose
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    1 year ago

    Like millions of others I went to check it out because the startup of a new social network is exciting.

    It sucks. Mostly because of Instagram migration all of the spam and grift is there on day 1.

    There’s also this fake “positivity” vibe that they’re trying to promote that is so fake and shallow with literally zero backup how would it be encouraged or grown despite “be positive” sort of sham messages.

    Major disappointment. It literally does nothing new.

      • BraveSirZaphod
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        31 year ago

        Or…

        It is actually fairly popular. I’m sure there are more than a few bots, but a pretty huge chunk of people I actually know have been active on it.

    • Phanatik
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      71 year ago

      Yeah that fake positivity came from Instagram. It’s like staring at an alternate reality.