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Meta's Twitter rival Threads just went live and has already exceeded 10 million signups within the first seven hours, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg..

Meta’s Twitter rival Threads just went live and has already exceeded 10 million signups within the first seven hours, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg…

  • Bushwhack@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    1 year ago

    Except I was prompted to create an account no less than like 2-3 times in the 2-3 times I opened Instagram after it launched. It’s not automatic but it is damn near two step enrollment. I’d like to see ”active users” two weeks/months from now after the enrollment storm passes to see who actually stayed with it.

    • Anders429@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I guarantee that my great aunt probably created one because she just wanted to get the popup to go away so she could look at pictures of her grandkids. Probably doesn’t even know what Threads is.

      • Bushwhack@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I literally had someone request to “follow me” who then immediately text me and ask — what is this thing that it just put me on.

        They are definitely inflating numbers and making it hard to drop user count because deleting threads deletes your Instagram too.

        You’ll only ever hear about total users now never “active” would be my guess which after a few days or weeks will be significantly less than the “10 million” that supposedly “signed up”