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Threads attracts 30M users in 24 hours despite design flaws, privacy concerns | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
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[–] scarabic 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The question here is: how many users should we expect Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, with all the cash hoard of Meta behind it, to be able to get together for a new app?

30 mil sounds like peanuts in that context. Aren’t there like a billion people on Meta’s properties?

[–] xaxl 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It is peanuts to Meta but not to others like Masterdon and the Fediverse. It's also enough of a message to the likes of Twitter to be seen as a threat.

It goes to show how monopolized the social converse is these days online.