Absurd headline. Gizmodo's anti-tech bias is showing pretty clearly here. This makes total sense as a product strategy. Not sure what's so controversial about giving more reach to Threads posts as this already works pretty well for Instagram stories
I can't imagine being so far gone that you have no shred of the end user perspective left in your consciousness, and no concept of how getting your feed rammed full of a failed social media platform's posts might be annoying.
That said. Facebook and instagram are both already a lost cause in this regard.
A Thread carousel within the Facebook app will drive a ton of passive views, which in turn will drive "creators" to the Threads app.
Perhaps what the article meant by the carousel has lead to an "insufferable experience" - is that its annoyingly addictive. In my experience as a passive consumer - I do find I pop open the FB app and then somehow get sucked into the reels... which as a user is annoying but probably highly lucrative for Meta.
My take is that this is the secret sauce of Meta - whereas any new social app needs to grow views organically - Meta uniquely can jumpstart a new social app through its ability to drive view counts through carousels on its existing properties.
LightHugger|2 years ago
That said. Facebook and instagram are both already a lost cause in this regard.
whatisyour|2 years ago
somethoughts|2 years ago
Perhaps what the article meant by the carousel has lead to an "insufferable experience" - is that its annoyingly addictive. In my experience as a passive consumer - I do find I pop open the FB app and then somehow get sucked into the reels... which as a user is annoying but probably highly lucrative for Meta.
My take is that this is the secret sauce of Meta - whereas any new social app needs to grow views organically - Meta uniquely can jumpstart a new social app through its ability to drive view counts through carousels on its existing properties.
wormius|2 years ago
unknown|2 years ago
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bin_bash|2 years ago