I think people popular for anything could easily include microblogging, as long as they also keep doing the original thing. Lots of celebs, internet and otherwise, fare alright. It's a chance to worsen the parasocial relationship "become closer to their fans," and all they have to do is not be racist. Usually.
Comment on Threads' daily active user count on Android devices dropped over 50% — from 49 to 23.6 millions
miraclerandy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
23.6 million is still really high for a new social platform. I don’t know if it’s sustainable as I don’t see how people popular for images can translate their fame to microblogging but the next year or 6 months will be helpful to know if this was successful.
Nepenthe@kbin.social 1 year ago
STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah. But tbh a LOT of threads activity is bots. It’s been very clear from the get go that the numbers have been inflated using bots. More and more social media companies are going to use bots to inflate their numbers now.
popekingjoe@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Gotta look good for the shareholders.