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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

especially for more mainstream users looking for an alternative to X or Threads.

That many people use Facebook Threads? That sounds like saying "especially for more mainstream users looking for an alternative to Reddit or New Digg."

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

People were autoregistered for threads if they already had an account for instagram or facebook iirc. It also auto reposts stuff between those services unless you turn it off i think. They just forcefully injected content from their other platforms to kickstart it.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Ah, I just love how laws against anticompetitive business practices have basically been totally flushed down the toilet worldwide, don't you?

[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

X and threads are Microblog pages, seems plausible to me to use them as a comparison. It's the platforms we want to migrate people from to mastodon.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

I agree, rather I was surprised that threads grew big enough for people to be trying to migrate away from it.

In my area / friend circles, I don't know anyone that continued to use Threads after the initial launch. However, there are people using Mastodon, Bluesky, and Twitter