2024-11-26
Meta has a history of deflecting critique under the guise of “testing.” Don't give them credit for any feature not fully released. Their “tests” have lasted 2 years in past. It's often a tactic they use to generate positive press for changing something when they're really changing nothing. …
Axios
Meta says Threads had 35M new signups since November 1 and is now going on three months of 1M+ million signups per day; Threads had 275M+ MAUs in Q3 2024
- Bluesky said last week it now has more than 20 million users. … - According to the new data, another 20 million new signups have been added in the past 11 days.
Meta has a history of deflecting critique under the guise of “testing.” Don't give them credit for any feature not fully released. Their “tests” have lasted 2 years in past. It's often a tactic they use to generate positive press for changing something when they're really changing nothing. …
The Verge
Threads begins testing an option to set For You, Following, or a custom feed as the default, another improvement seemingly sparked by competition from Bluesky
For You, following, or a custom one — as your default. Also making this more visible in the app. Interested to see how and if people use this. Jason Kottke / @jkottke : FINALLY. ...