Facebook has tried to compete with Twitter in numerous ways over the years, including copying signature Twitter features such as hashtags and trending topics. But now Facebook’s parent company is taking perhaps its biggest swipe at Twitter yet.

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    People don’t care about principles when it comes to a social media site (or really anything for that matter). They want something easy to use, that everyone is on.

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      I’m almost certain there’s a first to market FOMO kinda thing happening with influencers/scammers/advertisers. Everyone with that disgusting “grindset” mentality on Instagram just got a blank slate on an entirely new platform with a lot of media attention.

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        Its happening with every new Twitter replacement. Twitter for all its faults was actually a widely used resource for brands, companies and influencers. Now that it is so erratic they’re all trying to jump on anything with a hint of success to replace Twitter.

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          Brands and government accounts are going to flock to Threads. They want a place for general announcements that has some consistency in moderation and stability. Musk has largely destroyed that on twitter.