• Eczpurt@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Did threads take off recently or what’s the story? I thought it was unsuccessful as xitter was already the preferred platform

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      11 days ago

      Meta auto created threads accounts for all instagram users iirc so they kinda forced thwir way into the market by pre inflating their numbers.

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      11 days ago

      I thought it was unsuccessful as xitter was already the preferred platform

      It isn’t anymore, ad I expect that to accelerate. The Guardian just announced today that they will no longer use it, for example (although individual journalists may still choose to do so)