After the disaster with 3rd party apps, Reddit needs to make some big changes to keep its userbase. Elon already saw how vulnerable Twitter was when Threads attracted 100 million users in 1 week.
Indeed, Twitter is as vulnerable as Snapchat was when Stories launched, and Twitch when IGTV launched, and TikTok when Reels launched. But how vulnerable is that, really? In fact, I was just thinking about how much better Twitter's content has become lately. Perhaps Threads has served to relieve Twitter of the dregs that was bringing it down?
- requires a separate app
- no desktop site yet
- available in a limited number of countries (e.g., most of Europe does not have access yet)