Hello everyone. I’m thinking of using Threads (the Meta app) and wanted to know if anyone uses it regularly. Do you find it useful? What sort of content do you see, how’s the reach for those who post, and how does it compare to X, Instagram or Bluesky? Any experiences, good or bad, would be helpful. Thanks.
i'd run the same 10 posts on Threads and X for two weeks. compare profile visits and replies, not reach.
Honestly, it feels mostly like an extension of Instagram's comment section rather than a true alternative to X. If you want tech or real-time news, X or Bluesky are still way better. Threads is mostly just lifestyle stuff, quotes, and brands trying too hard to be relatable.
My posts there reaches several more people with half of followers of X.
I guess though it’s something possible because they’re not the primary player
i honestly post on X and all my content goes to Threads & Bsky automatically
It’s great for story telling. In going jokes. Etc.
I have an account and I hate it. People in there are even bigger NPCs than in twitter.
X still rules, Threads is tiny compared to it
I think in order to be successful as a brand on Threads, you have to adjust the types of strategies maybe you’re using on other platforms where you create great content, post it, and hope people engage with you. On Threads, brands need to figure out a way to be much more integrated into the conversation by engaging with other users vs just posting content. I’m seeing several brands do this well by really crafting a unique brand personality. Personally I am really loving Threads as a user.
Love It for personal - not for business
Tried it for a week when it launched. The feed was mostly brands and influencers I didn't follow doing those weird engagement-bait posts. Deleted it and haven't looked back.
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Everyone talks about "boosting engagement" but nobody actually breaks down what that means practically. Likes, comments, shares, clicks they all count differently and yet most people treat them the same. From what I have seen comments carry the most weight both for the algorithm and for actual human memory. When someone leaves a genuinely thoughtful comment I remember their name way longer than whoever wrote the original post. Is that just me or does anyone else experience linkedIn that way?
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Something I keep noticing with small brands: the Instagram or TikTok account feels alive. Real customers in the comments, try-on videos, people tagging the brand. Then you click through to the store and it's studio shots on a white background and nothing else. Everything that made you trust the brand stayed behind on the app. A few reasons I think followers convert worse than people expect: - The trust built on social doesn't travel with the click. People land on a product page that feels like a colder, different brand. - Most followers are there for the content, not to shop right now. A follow is closer to "I like this" than "I'll buy this." - The path from a post to the product is clumsy: link in bio, then the homepage, then searching for the thing they saw. - The proof people look for, real people actually wearing or using the product, lives on social and not where the buying decision happens. What seems to help is keeping some of that real content in front of people at the moment they're deciding, and making the jump from a post to the exact product as short as possible. Curious how others handle it. If you run social for a brand that sells online, do you bring your social content onto the website, or treat social purely as an awareness channel?