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submitted 11 months ago by trashhalo@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

Meta's new text-based social app Threads has quickly gained 100 million users since launching last week, which appears to be negatively impacting traffic on Twitter. According to web analytics, Twitter traffic declined 5-11% over the first two days Threads was available compared to the previous week. Threads was able to grow rapidly by allowing users to sign up with their existing Instagram accounts and bring over some of their followers. However, Threads has not yet launched in Europe due to regulatory issues. The fast growth of Threads may solidify its position as a real competitor to Twitter, which has over 238 million daily active users.

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[-] RandoCalrandian@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

Linking these to instagram accounts is textbook anti-trust behavior to establish market positions

Not a goddamn thing about this is 'organic'

[-] atocci@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

I don't see the problem with it, it just sounds like the logical thing to do. You can log into any Google service with a Google account, so log into an Instagram service with an Instagram account too. You can also already log into Instagram with a Facebook account, so this isn't even unprecedented within Meta.

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[-] StantonVitales@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

Well I guess that's at least one good thing about Threads

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