I use Twitter to follow several hyper specialized communities where the info is world class.
Threads was kinda entertaining stuff but felt low signal.
I’m not a huge instagram user though and that is way bigger than Twitter. If Meta builds instagram/tiktok for text it might be much worse for the sort of submissions HN finds interesting but also see more overall uptake.
I noticed Threads still massively outranks twitter in App Store ratings.
There's a reason threadreader exists. Because Twitter just sucks at conveying anything more than "look what I just had for dinner". By design no less.
* Ukraine War coverage (less since Elon took over, he downranked it)
* Coronavirus: you can find a lot of scientists discussing new studies
* Business info/marketing etc: useful for company owners
Haven't found any of these on Threads yet. Threads actually blocks coronavirus searches and redirects to the CDC. So you can't easily find people you would follow on twitter.
The fifth most-recently posted thing on Threads is 77 days old.
On “X” it was a few hours ago.
Is there a way to get Mastodon linked news?
However, there is currently no easy way to read bsky posts without an account. Although this is now a priority for bsky devs.