Threads widens the gap with X, with triple the daily downloads on iOS

Wouldn't actual usage be more relevant than app downloads? I certainly know many people who still use twitter, but I can't say the same about threads.

I really wish there was another platform than the app formerly known as Twitter, where AI discourse is thriving. Because right now, it seems that AI papers, discussions and articles are all being shared there first. Threads might be a competitor for that but I don't see that happening anytime soon.

Facebook showed me “what I’m missing” on Threads the other day and it was literally pages of pictures of women and “Netflix and Chill?” Not a single real person, or maybe I’ve just really underestimated my worth on the market and young single women are knocking down my door trying to hook up with me.

Edit: to be clear I was logged into my Facebook and Facebook knows a lot about me and serves me ads that are incredibly well targeted (it’s the only service that serves ads for stuff I actually want to buy), but the Threads topics they chose to show me in their pitch to get me to use Threads were as bad as the old penis enlargement ads of yore.