I jumped on the Threads bandwagon. Whatever you think of Meta and Zuckerberg, it’s a big player from day 0. Unlike Google+, which was an attempt to dethrone Facebook 12 years ago, or B.sky that still pretends that it’s the 2004 GMail, it actually got immediate traction among users.

What I find impressive about Threads:

  • It’s fast
  • Signup was effortless with my existing Instagram account
  • There are no ads (yet)
  • People are still excited, positive and civil

What I find annoying about threads:

  • No browser experience
  • No “only people I follow” view

I am looking forward to observing how it develops. If the excitement dies down or if people move to it and neglect Twitter. Twitter made a series of some questionable moves, like rate limiting, removing API access or requiring to log-in to view Tweets. Most users probably don’t care, but Threads starts with a clean slate and doesn’t appear hostile towards its users.

Hope it is there to stay and that it encourages Twitter to improve.