Brands fed up with the instability at Twitter may flock to Meta’s new offering

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  • beefcat@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I never thought I’d say this but Zuckerberg is the lesser of two evils. I don’t necessarily hope Threads is a huge success, but I will be quietly happy if it manages to drive the final nail into Twitter’s coffin just to teach the Muskrat a lesson.

  • 0xtero@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Rich business dudes threatening other rich business dudes with… business.

    There’s not much “technology” in there.

  • Toxic_Tiger@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I would rather not have Zuckerberg controlling more social platforms, but at the same time I really want Musk to crash and burn.

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    They’re going to quickly realize they’re already reaching that audience via Facebook; the people using this service will be the same people.

    • Untitled9999@kbin.social
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      They might keep those users more engaged with this new app though. The Twitter format might be more successful for facilitating outrage and arguments than the Facebook format is.

      And more engagement means more adverts shown and thus more revenue.