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  • Will Threads be the real Twitter killer?

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    B. Livingston
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    July 24, 2023 at 2:44 am #2575322
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    PUBLIC DEFENDER By Brian Livingston The parent company of Facebook and Instagram — Meta Platforms — launched this month Threads, a Twitter-like social[See the full post at: Will Threads be the real Twitter killer?]

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    ibe98765, fisher75, Alec Demoise, rc primak, oldfry
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    • blueboy714
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      July 24, 2023 at 6:35 am #2575352
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      Do you know if and or when Threads will be available for a desktop/laptop not just iOS or Android?

      Custom Build - Intel i5 9400 5 Core CPU & ASUS TUF Z390 Plus Motherboard
      Edition Windows 10 Home
      Version 22H2
      OS build 19045.3086

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      • rc primak
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        July 24, 2023 at 11:53 am #2575431
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        Android Apps are soon coming to Windows 11.

        -- rc primak

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        • b
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          July 24, 2023 at 2:39 pm #2575486
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          Android apps have been available in Windows 11 for 18 months:

          Android apps in Windows are finally here.

          UPDATED FEB 15, 2022

          How to Install Android Apps on Windows 11

          Windows 11 Pro version 22H2 build 22621.2361 + Microsoft 365 + Edge

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          • abbodi86
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            July 24, 2023 at 3:07 pm #2575496
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            * Restricted to Amazon Appstore only

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            • b
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              July 24, 2023 at 3:51 pm #2575507
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              How to install and use Threads in Windows 11

              Windows 11 Pro version 22H2 build 22621.2361 + Microsoft 365 + Edge

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    • rc primak
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      July 24, 2023 at 11:52 am #2575430
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      I wouldn’t take the statistics cited in the top one-third of the article as an indicator of anything. Wait six months and compare average monthly users. Then get back to me.

      If you do anything in the Fediverse without having something to do with Mastodon, you’re not really doing the Fediverse and its openness justice. I am not alone in this opinion.

      I don’t know why people place more faith and trust in Zuckerberg than in Musk. So no, Threads is not going to be safer or more rational than Twitter. People are just trading one Evil Master for another.  Again, just an opinion.

      “May you always live in interesting times!” (Ancient Chinese curse, allegedly.)

      -- rc primak

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    • Alex5723
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      July 24, 2023 at 11:54 am #2575432
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      The air is already escaping Threads’ balloon.

      Instagram’s Twitter competitor Threads is reportedly fast losing steam, a massive 70 per cent decline from its highest in early July… the number of daily active users on Threads dropped for the second week down to 13 million, “a 70 per cent decline from a July 7 high point.”

      By comparison, Twitter’s daily active users are around 200 million.

      https://newstodaynet.com/2023/07/24/metas-threads-fast-losing-steam-zuckerberg-not-worried/

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      • rc primak
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        July 24, 2023 at 12:59 pm #2575458
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        Expected, and it’s not anything to be worried about. Not yet.

        -- rc primak

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    • Alex5723
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      July 24, 2023 at 1:09 pm #2575460
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      When should it be worrying? With only 1 user? Zuk?

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    • abbodi86
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      July 24, 2023 at 2:06 pm #2575472
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      X changes might

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    • Rick Corbett
      AskWoody MVP
      July 24, 2023 at 3:47 pm #2575506
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      I suspect Elon Musk will be the real Twitter killer.

      I have no idea what he’s up to…

      …and I don’t think he does either.

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    • Alec Demoise
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      July 24, 2023 at 4:01 pm #2575493
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      So what are your thoughts on projectlibertyaction.com that I keep seeing commercials for? How does this figure into the social media landscape?

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      • rc primak
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        August 3, 2023 at 10:49 pm #2577664
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        Re. https://projectlibertyaction.com/

        I get a popover ad on that site which won’t go away and prevents me from seeing their site without giving away personal information. They clearly have nothing to do with freedom or privacy.

        https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/project-liberty-action-network-to-spotlight-harm-of-social-media-on-childrens-mental-health-301878137.html

        At least here I get a summary of what this project purports to be about, without having to give away personal information to read about them.

        -- rc primak

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        • Cybertooth
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          August 14, 2023 at 6:46 pm #2581029
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          rc primak wrote:

          Re. https://projectlibertyaction.com/ I get a popover ad on that site which won’t go away and prevents me from seeing their site without giving away personal information. They clearly have nothing to do with freedom or privacy.

          Out of curiosity, I tried visiting that site. I saw the overlay you mention. There was an X in the upper right corner which made the overlay disappear when I clicked on it, and then I was able to look around the site without further ado.

          Keep Running Windows 7 Safely for Years to Come  
          Make Windows 10 look and work like Windows 7

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          • Sueska
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            August 14, 2023 at 8:00 pm #2581034
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            Weird, I did not see the X to close either until I reduced the browser zoom level to 80%. In the future when I can’t close a request I guess I can try zooming out (which shouldn’t be needed). I was curious too regarding the projectlibertyaction.com website. Why one person saw a way to close the overlay and another person did not.

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            • Cybertooth
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              August 15, 2023 at 12:21 am #2581065
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              Huh, that IS strange. In my case, the zoom was normal (at 100%) and no special action was needed to see the X.

              Maybe an AskWoody reader versed in browser technology can offer some possible reasons for this seeming inconsistency.

               

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    • allanhm47
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      July 24, 2023 at 4:05 pm #2575509
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      https://www.macrumors.com/2023/07/06/deleting-threads-profile-also-deletes-instagram/

      “Threads, Meta’s alternative to Twitter, has officially launched. But users thinking of installing the social media app just to check it out should be aware that you can’t delete your Threads profile without also deleting your Instagram account.”

      Apparently this will change in the future.

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    • gmengisen
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      July 25, 2023 at 9:53 am #2575706
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      According to German IT journalist Volker Weber, Threads has not been rolled out in the EU : https://vowe.net/2023/07/05/closing-the-chapter-on-surveillance-capitalism/
      After this court ruling, one wonders if it ever will be.

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    • ibe98765
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      July 26, 2023 at 3:47 pm #2575983
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      “Is it worth switching from Twitter to Threads? I’d say so, as long as you realize that the challenger is very new and won’t sport every bell and whistle you might be accustomed to.”

      In order to do this, I would first have to have a Twitter account, which I do not and then I would have to create an Instagram account, which since it is owned by Zuckerberg, I have no interest in doing.

      Oh well, I guess I won’t be able to play with the cool kids.

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    • ibe98765
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      July 26, 2023 at 3:51 pm #2575984
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      Here’s an article on Threads that some may find interesting:

      How the Internet Went to Threads
      And how we can sew it back together
      TED GIOIA
      JUL 17, 2023
      https://www.honest-broker.com/p/how-the-internet-went-to-threads

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    • Alex5723
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      July 28, 2023 at 1:45 pm #2576365
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      Meta plans retention ‘hooks’ for Threads as more than half of users leave app

      Meta Platforms (META.O) executives are heavily focused on boosting retention on their new Twitter rival Threads, after the app lost more than half of its users in the weeks following its buzzy launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday.

      “Obviously, if you have more than 100 million people sign up, ideally it would be awesome if all of them or even half of them stuck around. We’re not there yet,” he said.

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    • Alex5723
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      August 14, 2023 at 1:19 pm #2580990
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      Threads is dying.

      Threads App Usage Down 79% After a Month

      Even in the US, where engagement was initially higher, time spent with the app is down 85% from the initial buzz of the launch..

      The Threads Android app peaked at 49.3 million daily active users worldwide on July 7, according to Similarweb estimates. But on August 7, the app was down to 10.3 million daily active users.

      In the US, peak usage for Threads was 2.3 million daily active users on July 7, compared with about 576,000 as of August 7.

      The average amount of time daily active users spent with the app started out at about 14 minutes, worldwide, but was significantly higher in the US: nearly 21 minutes on July 7. By August 7, that was down to 3 minutes.

      For comparison, X (formerly Twitter) has more than 100 million daily active users on Android alone, and they consistently spend about 25 minutes per day on it…

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