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Instagram’s Threads surpasses 100 million users (www.theverge.com)
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It handily beat ChatGPT to the milestone while Twitter traffic is ‘tanking,’ according to Cloudflare CEO.
Will the users stick around?
Although the numbers aren’t directly comparable, as of last November Twitter had around 260 million monetizable daily active users, per a tweet from owner Elon Musk at the time.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Does anyone else think ChatGPT is an odd comparator?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It was reported on the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66153244 as Threads getting 100 million Appstore downloads in a week, surpassing ChatGPT as he previous record holder for swift uptake. That makes more sense.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes.. not a social network is it? Rubbish title this one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sorry, (now edited) I had stressed it from the sub-title a bit as well

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

@buycurious Yes. The comparison does not make sense in any way, other than being successful.