Threads vs Twitter

Cluster discusses Meta's Threads app as a potential Twitter competitor or replacement, focusing on its Instagram integration, user growth, features, and criticisms.

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declan_roberts β€’ Oct 30, 2023 β€’ View on HN

You think Threads is going to overtake Twitter?

CHB0403085482 β€’ Jan 21, 2026 β€’ View on HN

Why does Threads feel like an Instagram clone with Twitter's formatting?

dopa42365 β€’ Jul 6, 2023 β€’ View on HN

Isn't Threads just Instagram with optional text posts? Same old proprietary obfuscated mess, locked garden, meh, no thanks.

graeme β€’ Nov 12, 2023 β€’ View on HN

I tried threads and stopped. It occurs to me though that it’s possible Facebook is building a product not targeted at me.I use Twitter to follow several hyper specialized communities where the info is world class.Threads was kinda entertaining stuff but felt low signal.I’m not a huge instagram user though and that is way bigger than Twitter. If Meta builds instagram/tiktok for text it might be much worse for the sort of submissions HN finds interesting but also see more overall upt

nemothekid β€’ Jul 4, 2023 β€’ View on HN

I'm pretty sure Threads is a replacement for Twitter, not Reddit

ipaddr β€’ Jul 24, 2023 β€’ View on HN

Threads are the new twitter. No one is visiting either.

waynesonfire β€’ Jul 12, 2023 β€’ View on HN

Its a Facebook narrative to get you to use Threads. Twitter is doing just fine.

vinyl7 β€’ Aug 26, 2025 β€’ View on HN

Meta essentially forces every instagram user to install threads....so it's more forced growth than natural growth

Vicinity9635 β€’ Aug 20, 2023 β€’ View on HN

You mean threads, right? https://www.similarweb.com/blog/insights/social-media-news/t...

meepmorp β€’ Jul 27, 2023 β€’ View on HN

What if threads literally became the new twitter