Meta's Threads has had its daily users down 20% since Saturday and user time spent on the platform is down 50% ~ CNBC - eviltoast
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      1 year ago

      Instagram I don’t believe has it either, and was a major breaking point for me years ago when someone coaxed me into trying it. Their “algorithm” has no place in a followers-only tab, so they will likely never add it.

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        I really hated when they switched from chronological order to the algorithm, now the app is useless except for my gf sending me her daily memes, the feed is just a bunch of nonsense from people I don’t know or content from days ago from people I do

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        1 year ago

        IG does have Following (posts from everyone you follow) and Favorites (the ones you give that designation to). When you open up the app they give you everything (accounts you follow and those they suggest.for you). The drop down to pick Following or Favorites is hidden in the IG logo.

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        Instagram has a following tab, you have to tap the logo at the top and switch it. It also reverts back to the algorithm frequently so have to constantly switch it around.

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        It does have a following tab actually, it’s an option at the top of the app, I forget exactly where

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      Yeah, amidst all the posts about Threads, the most insightful articles I saw were the ones stating just how dogshit the actual user experience was. And that experience is just "get users to see more ads among the regular content.

      It’s like, people don’t even care what they join. They just care that it has the POTENTIAL to be the NEXT BIG THING, so they need to be on ground zero. All for the show off, zero to do with the specifics of the platform.

      Insightful in the sense that it adequately matched the reception shit like NFT powered user spaces got, with investors thinking Blockchain wass the Next Big Thing. It’s all theatrics.

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        1 year ago

        Surfer Economics, the only thing you need to be successful is ahead of the wave.

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      “Social media” is just bad on another level these days. It’s no longer about keeping up with family and friends and 100% about cramming the algorithm down your throat and “helping” you to discover new entertainment from people you’ve never heard of. I’m done.

      I’m actually working on building my own.