Threads is rolling out its Following feed

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/25/23806982/threads-instagram-following-feed-launch

by PeterCorless • 3 years ago

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fullshark2• 3 years ago

Insane it didn't launch with one.

idopmstuff• 3 years ago

They've explicitly said in interviews that they moved up the launch date because of the Twitter rate limiting fiasco, which is why it wasn't launched with all the features they had planned.

explain2• 3 years ago

because of the Twitter rate limiting fiasco

Which is ironic: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/17/23797976/you-might-see-mo...

fullshark2• 3 years ago

I get that, and maybe I'm a dinosaur in terms of social network user expectations....but how can you not have that as part of your SOCIAL network? But I guess it's just a platform for surfacing whatever engaging content the platform designers can think up these days.

explain2• 3 years ago

Following != chronological

You can't censor content without it being blatantly obvious while you're serving content chronologically, so I'm guessing their "following" feed either won't last, or won't be chronological (for long).

CharlesW• 3 years ago

"Following" is reverse chronological.

kmos17• 3 years ago

If they want to overtake twitter or whatever it’s called now, they need a functioning search, the one thing twitter is still good at is searching for real time events.

PeterCorless3• 3 years ago

Twitter's advanced search definitely rocks.

vitorgrs• 3 years ago

It did in the past. It's so buggy these days.

gumballindie• 3 years ago

All in good time. I suspect meta hired all the good engineers that left twitter - praised be their effort to undermine musk - and they are likely working on a neat way of implementing it such that it works better. I dont like meta, but i am confident tech wise it will kick ass.

unsignedint• 3 years ago

I'm uncertain about Threads' direction...

The main issue is that Threads is attempting to replicate Twitter, and other services are also striving to be "better Twitter," making it challenging to encourage a significant migration of users.

To stand out, Threads and other platforms should consider offering something truly unique, which might entice people to switch.

Threads is rolling out its Following feed

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