100 million signups in just a few days - based on how Meta runs Facebook with its algorithmic timelines and community guidelines, Threads is probably going to be a lot like old Twitter, which is what people seem to want
@thor Old Twitter was readable without an account, is this thing like that? Then how is it different from new Twitter?
Besides I will never believe official numbers in this case. They can just fill it with already existing Instagram accounts and no one will ever find out they are bullshiting us.
And I don't care if this gets genuinely popular, why? There are already Facebook and Instagram, they have huge user bases 🤷
@m0xee the point was how slowly Mastodon - often suggested as a Twitter alternative - is growing by comparison. it's been there the entire time yet only has a fraction of the signups. see discussion with Leonie in this thread though.
@thor That also wasn't to be unexpected: they have ad budget and a huge one, they can pay devs for those apps, I still don't think it's about "People choosing Facebook", they just go the shortest route. Some company might have invested in Masto and that would attract a lot of people, would we like it? Probably not. If we want people to universally value privacy and non-commercialization, of course it won't happen overnight like that, just because Twitter went to shit 🤷
