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If you’re seeking a guide on interesting people to follow, here is a just a small sample of who is on. “This place needed more Schnelly,” he said. Kindred Ventures founder Steve Jang, a meditative photo of a Buddha sculpture watching a retro TV. Many have been vocal in not wanting to create content for yet another new platform that could as easily flame out as others before.īut there are rewards for being early to a social network, one of which is having a chance to enjoy the warmth of the community while it’s still little.Īs the weekend approached, venture capitalist Carter Reum posted a serene photo of his wife, Paris Hilton, sitting on the floor of an airport bookstore, flipping through AI and leadership books. Making an important point: If engagement falls off this time, that’s it for Twitter clones for awhile as fatigue has definitely set it.

But then they’ll have to retain all those users.” Threads will probably hit that number in a week or so. When I commented that Threads might soon surpass Twitter, Mashable founder Pete Cashmore responded, “Twitter has 368M users. Porting everyone’s handles over from Instagram means there are PEOPLE right away 👀 Should be interesting.”Īnd the conversations have been great, especially without the bots. That’s what will make Meta launching new their Twitter competitor “Threads” so interesting. I spoke with him and AT&T’s chief technology officer Jeremy Legg on stage at the Collision tech conference in Toronto on June 27 where we discussed AI, AR, EVs, 5G and the future of everything - and no one even suspected this would become the latest obsession.īrownlee posted, “The #1 thing Twitter has over BlueSky and Mastodon and all the other competitors is always the PEOPLE. CollisionĪs expected, many tech influencers were early to join and have been active on the platform, including YouTuber Marques Brownlee, aka MKBHD, who has 20 million followers across social media. Marques Brownlee and Martine Paris in conversation on Centre Stage at Collision 2023 in Toronto.
