[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Is Threads dead?
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       Ask HN: Is Threads dead?
        
       Threads was the next big thing, but after a few months I don't hear
       anything about it anymore. Is it already dead?
        
       Author : thiht
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2023-09-23 21:19 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
       | morkalork wrote:
       | What about bluesky? How on earth are they still invite only?
       | Seems like they're missing the boat repeatedly.
        
         | slater wrote:
         | They're missing the boat so much, they're getting record usage
         | 
         | https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/22/bluesky-saw-record-usage-a...
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | Instead of posting this why not just search: Lots of opinions on
       | this under recent stories about it
       | 
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37254294
       | 
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37510154
        
       | rvz wrote:
       | Another month in and I think we have enough data and given
       | Threads enough time to overtake Twitter / X in traffic and to
       | hollow the entire platform in "extremely rapid fashion" according
       | to a previously wild claim [0].
       | 
       | Threads is the one plummeting in "extremely rapid fashion",
       | losing 81% of their DAUs. [1] That doesn't mean that it is dead,
       | it just means that not only the media desperately projected these
       | hype stories for their Threads clickbait but it ultimately failed
       | to overtake Twitter / X. Even more statistics here [2] and here
       | [3] show that Threads was hardly the "Twitter / X killer" as
       | predicted.
       | 
       | Both will co-exist, but it seems that there is an extreme
       | exaggeration in expectations for Threads as the "Twitter / X
       | killer", but the best alternative against a long list of actual
       | dead and unsustainable non-starters.
       | 
       | For Threads to have around 8 million daily active users it means
       | it is still easily eclipses the smaller competitors and the
       | entire daily and monthly active usage of the whole Fediverse in
       | less than three months according, to the stats here under
       | "Average All Active Users by Month". [4]
       | 
       | [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36580669
       | 
       | [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/threads-meta-app-decrease-
       | da...
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       | [2] https://www.businessofapps.com/data/threads-statistics/
       | 
       | [3] https://www.similarweb.com/blog/insights/social-media-
       | news/t...
       | 
       | [4] https://fediverse.observer/stats
        
         | rewmie wrote:
         | > Another month in and I think we have enough data and given
         | Threads enough time to overtake Twitter / X in traffic (...)
         | 
         | Threads is still not available in Europe.
         | 
         | https://www.theverge.com/23789754/threads-meta-twitter-eu-dm...
        
       | pornel wrote:
       | It'll be fine. They're in it for the long game.
       | 
       | Elon keeps Eloning, so inevitably there will be more
       | controversies that make users look for something else, and
       | Threads will be there for them.
        
         | rewmie wrote:
         | > Elon keeps Eloning
         | 
         | Elon keeps regressing Twitter, and Threads keeps progressing.
         | 
         | It ceased to be a matter of "if", and it's now a "when".
         | 
         | Also, Threads is still not available in some countries.
        
           | sshine wrote:
           | Is there a club for those who cheer for Elon just because of
           | all the spite?
        
             | ezrast wrote:
             | Yeah, but it costs eight dollars to join.
        
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