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Threads? They have 400m monthly active users and 100m+ daily active users. Though, its userbase likely does not intersect with your interests.

Meta Ray-Ban glasses are also a massive success.

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I really doubt that 400M number. They try to get me to login to Threads see comments on Instagram posts. Technically I am monthly "active" user, but not really.

I see more Bluesky links in the wild than Threads and they claim only 27M users.

Threads is taking off in regions likely irrelevant to your interests (India, Taiwan, Japan, Brazil, etc). The content on Threads covers national politics and local social issues, which would typically not be shared on a tech forum like this one.

Tech news is still dominated by X and bluesky, so naturally those content sources appear more here.

Threads is an internally developed Twitter clone when Twitter launched in 2006 and Threads launched in 2023? I'm not saying they didn't build it, but it was not an original product design; they waited until there was already a market, launched and deployed it to Facebook users. I will give you the Ray-Ban glasses, but even that was a product that is a better version of Google Glass, so still not really a unique product.

Sure, it's not original or unique, but that wasn't your question. Facebook itself wasn't particularly unique when it launched.

The person is likely going through the 5 stages of coping.

1. The product isn't useful

2. The product is useful but nobody is using it.

3. Ok, a lot of people are using it but nobody is buying it.

4. Ok, some people are buying it but the product is not innovative. Somebody invented it first. <--- the person is here.

5. Ok, the product is innovative but it's not like it will cure cancer!!!

i am surprise ai glasses are not more popular. i would love to wear those to appliance store and get info about appliance quickly.

is there any alternative ray ban meta . i hate buying from zuck.

The creep factor of AI glasses is high. That was a contributing factor to the failure of Google Glass, and I’ve seen various reports of places moving to ban the Meta glass. People, in general, are not comfortable with a camera pointed at them. People walking around with cameras on their face that may or may not be recording is not something the average person wants as a common thing.

yes my sons daycare has posters saying these glasses are banned

Same, I hope there will be more alternatives in the future. Samsung is releasing Smart Glasses soon with Android for example.

Why would you want zuck's minions to see everything that you see when you put on the ray bans?

Same with this pendant eavesdropping device.

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