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		leonidasv on July 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Instagram Threads: The problem with the “everythin... The biggest mistake of Threads was allowing videos and photos from day one. It became a dumpster of Instagram reposts, almost no new content. And the feed algorithm is very, very bad.

elforce002 on July 12, 2023 [–]

I called it a while back. Threads is going to canibalize ig. The "friendly" approach is basically for brands.

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