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Well this is an alternative to Twitter, a company which lied about needing phone numbers for 2FA and then used them for targeted ads.

> does that show that they feel threatened, have weakening market position, and need a new direction?

It shows they are trying to capitalize on Twitter’s dumpster fire, and for the first time there is a mainstream competitor. Sorry Mastodon. Every time Twitter bugs out, people will go to Threads. Some may never go back to Twitter.



> Every time Twitter bugs out, people will go to Threads

Wait, I thought it's supposed to be Bluesky? Three months ago they were totally probably maybe going to incinerate Twitter.


Bluesky still has a waiting list. Threads doesn't.


I can't imagine a more backwards decision than to have a waiting list to sign up for a social networking site.




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