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Threads hits 175 million users on first anniversary (www.rawstory.com)
submitted 4 months ago by jeffw to c/technology
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[–] CaptainSpaceman 60 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Thats cool, how many of them are human?

[–] jeffw 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I’d be willing to bet that, as a % of active users, there’s more humans on Threads than Twitter

[–] CaptainSpaceman 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why do you think that?

[–] jeffw -1 points 4 months ago

I trust Meta’s moderation more than Twitter. Elon opened the floodgates

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

Probably most, but the issue is that most are phantom accounts. See, if you don't have a Threads account and someone there searches for you, a phantom account is created, where you'll receive notifications trying to persuade you to "create" tour Threads account. These accounts inflate the numbers, and its why Threads had such a ridiculously fast ""adoption"" rate