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Threads already has over 95 million posts, 30 million signups (www.theverge.com)
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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,

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[–] drmoose 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

25 million spambots, 5 million users.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

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