Meta Platforms' Threads and rival Bluesky have devolved into far-left echo chambers that some describe as platforms for the clinically insane, where intelligent conversations are severely lacking and discussions become shouting matches among those suffering from "Trump Derangement Syndrome" and infected by the woke mind virus.
Democrats flee X for Bluesky amid Musk-Trump alliance https://t.co/ZoW1VemR69
— The Hill (@thehill) November 23, 2024
That concentration of left-wing lunatics on Threads and Bluesky may be strengthening X's competitive position, making it more attractive to professional users and youngsters seeking competing viewpoints and substantive conversations across the political spectrum and about current trends in the real world.
Nikita Bier, who most recently led X's product development, took to X over the weekend to explain that "Threads was an existential risk to X" last year, but that the threat has largely dissipated.
Bier explains:
Last year I thought Threads was an existential risk to X.
When Meta puts its full weight behind something, by injecting the app into Instagram, it's DEFCON 5:
You have to squeeze out every last drop of growth from all available surfaces to save the app.
However, I started to realize that the opposite was happening:
It was strengthening X.
If you look at any announcement by Zuck, you will s
