"There’s only ONE Twitter," Linda Yaccarino tweeted.

“There’s only ONE Twitter,” Linda Yaccarino tweeted.

  • Seiya@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    381·
    1 year ago

    I think Twitter is tanking because of Twitter. Remains to be seen if Threads has any legs or if it will be the next Google+, Periscope, Meerkat, etc.

    • Crudman@lemm.eeEnglish
      15·
      1 year ago

      They should have just like, kept Google+ on life support. It could have had one hell of a second wind in the wake of these huge social media bungles

    • weew@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Seriously, Threads just came at the right time. If Google had introduced their own Twitter-like thing around now, I’m sure they’d be getting enough signups that they might not consider cancelling it right away!

  • krayj@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    1 year ago

    Twitter was tanking before threads came along. All meta did was read the writing on the wall and release threads on the world with exceptional timing.

    • Salvo@aussie.zoneEnglish
      71·
      1 year ago

      I think the that death of Reddit also contributes to Threads (apparent) popularity.

      I do still think that someone should be able to leverage Mastodon to make a Threads clone for the European Market.

      Step 1: Create a whole lot of European instances called something like “OpenThreads.it” and “OpenThreads.de”, etc.

      Step 2: Pay TapBots to maintain a branded variant of Ivory called something like OpenThreads (or whatever). Include App advertising and provide a Subscription option to remove ads. Step 2a: Pay Imgur or whoever to host your users photos and videos.

      Step 3: Regional native-language advertising through mainstream channels, Grassroots word of mouth and Astroturfing.

      Step 4: Federate with as many friendly Mastodon instances as possible. Federate with Threads as well, until they change their minds and cause you of stealing their customers.

      Step 5: Expand onto regions that are currently being serviced by threads, promising access to other OpenThreads users in Europe.

  • arin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    1 year ago

    Competition always makes services and goods better for the people.

  • aesopjah@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Side bar, but what are the verbs for when people put out a post on Threads or Mastadon?

  • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I absolutely love how we get to be (and other platforms) in their reckoning.

    This is excellent. It’s easier to engage with two smaller competitors than it is with one larger one. And maybe Zuck will get distracted and forget about us or something. lol Though I kinda doubt it…

    We’re still not fully ready for primetime yet anyway though. Apps are still adding important functionality, we’ve got vulnerabilities, and world is slow as hell today and experiencing hiccups. Half the current userbase is still ironing out our understanding of the basics. So, don’t really mind if they do keep selling us short and not mentioning us. For now at least.