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Threads users decline significantly despite initial surge in sign-ups (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 19 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I can imagine that a bunch of those are astroturfing usernames. Businesses, celebrities and the like have a big deal of value in their online identity.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Impersonating celebrities? On the Internet? Who would do such a thing?

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    On general, yes, however threads uses your Instagram username. I think it's just initial excitement to try something new and people getting on the anti - X / twitter / Elon train and then realising that the network effect has way more pull

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