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MangoPenguin , to technology in A week in, Threads has lost half of its active users
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I feel like that’s gotta be pretty normal for hyped up product launches, a lot of people just join to see what it is at first.

FIST_FILLET , to technology in A week in, Threads has lost half of its active users

i’m just over here waiting for the federation to happen so i can spy on Threads stuff from the safety (and sanity) of my own mastodon instance ¯_(ツ)_/¯

wheelie , to technology in A week in, Threads has lost half of its active users

I’d recommend watching that movie if you want to scare the shit out of yourself. After the blast is worse than the blast itself.

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Rhaedas ,
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I find it funny that no one in Meta involved with the upcoming new social media had ever heard of the movie when the name was suggested.

SpeedLimit55 , to technology in A week in, Threads has lost half of its active users

They didn’t lose anyone, its only been out for a short time. With the recent changes at twitter breaking all sorts of long time features Threads is poised to be its replacement.

Kichae ,

They lost plenty of people, at least for now.

What none of these articles seem to want to highlight is that this is completely normal retention behaviour. 50% week 1 retention isn't excellent by any stretch of the imagination, but it's well, well within the span of what's normal.

And Threads is still half baked.

Kara ,
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Yeah, this "Omg Facetrash lost all their users, they have such a dead platform lol" is stupid. I dislike Meta, but it's a new social media, of course not every single user who checks it out will stay, that's how it is for all new social medias, video games, anything

Metaright , to technology in A week in, Threads has lost half of its active users
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The way journalists and brands flocked to Threads in the hopes that it would bring back the good old days? That wasn't healthy.

The article doesn't really explain why this is the case.

sci ,

because it makes for a catchy phrase

plistig , to technology in A week in, Threads has lost half of its active users

If half of the users who tried it out stuck around, then they’re incredibly successful.

Ertebolle , to technology in A week in, Threads has lost half of its active users

I'd probably use it more if there was a browser/desktop app. But I've got like 1% as many followers there as I do on Mastodon, so I don't think I'd post anything regardless.

swan , to technology in A week in, Threads has lost half of its active users

Probably cause it’s just scrolling through a timeline of random peoples thoughts. Most of which you don’t even follow or care about

TheSaneWriter ,
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To be fair, that’s microblogging in general. Mastadon, KBin, Bluesky, Twitter, and Threads all fall victim to this to varying degrees.

krzschlss , to technology in A week in, Threads has lost half of its active users

I never used twitter, facebook or instagram or any of those social stuff except forums and slashdot or slashdot-likes. But I kinda don’t mind tech companies launching shit like this every few months and see it dissolve into the sludge from which it came. I also wish sites like youtube and google the same fate… the sooner the better…

TheSaneWriter ,
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YouTube and Google are unlikely to fall, but when and if Google ever does so will YouTube. YouTube is a money pit and has no competitors because it’s not viable, video hosting is too expensive relative to the money they make from the platform. Google has been seeding YouTube with capital from their own more successful services, but Google’s search engine isn’t nearly as good as it used to be and their cloud and web stuff isn’t nearly as popular as Amazon or Microsoft, so we’ll see.

density , to technology in A week in, Threads has lost half of its active users
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Fediverse boycott did it!

Lol jk

Good news tho. Hope everyone over at zuck corp is starting to feel bad about themselves again.

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