Threads
5 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Nov 15, 2024 by Alex Kantrowitz · said 32 times in 18 episodes since 2023 · across every show →
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brought up most by Alex Kantrowitz (21), Ranjan Roy (2), Max Zeff (2), Brian McCullough (2), Tony Stubblebine (1), Stephen Morris (1), Reed Albergotti (1), Kara Swisher (1)
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2026 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2025 10 mentions in 8 episodes 1 per episode
- Sora 2 & AI’s Slop Era, Death Of The Creator Economy?, Apple’s SmartGlasses Roadmap
- Why The Costco Guys And Hawk Tuah Took Over The Internet
- Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine: Here's How Writing Evolves In The AI Era
- OpenAI’s Windsurf Crash, Grok’s Wild Week, Replace Tim Cook? — With Aaron Levie
- Apple’s Anthropic Flirtation, Can Meta Build Superintelligence?, AI Browser Wars — With M.G. Siegler
- Is Anthropic’s Claude AI Conscious, Shopping in ChatGPT, Systrom vs. Zuck
- The Formula for Capturing Your Attention, Price of Fame, & Algorithms as Editors — With Chris Hayes
- Bold Predictions For Tech and AI in 2025 — With Casey Newton
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2024 15 mentions in 5 episodes 3 per episode
- Is Generative AI Plateauing?, Booming Bluesky, Apple’s Smart Glasses Play
- OpenAI Raising At $100 Billion Valuation
- Spotify Co-President Gustav Söderström on their future with Generative AI
- iPhone16 Arrives + Apple Intelligence Delays
- Kara Swisher Rates Tech Leaders
- every mention in 2024, scene by scene →
2023 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
Everything said about Threads, oldest first
Nov 15, 2024 bearish
Kantrowitz: Meta's Threads feels empty and lacks engagement despite massive user growth
“One thing we can tell you, say for sure is it doesn't look like threads is working. I mean, threads added fifteen million people since the start of the month. And Michael Learmonth, who I work with as an editor pointed out to me, he's like, does it feel like t…”
Nov 15, 2024 neutral
Jan 9, 2025 bearish
Kantrowitz: No single platform will win the post-Twitter social media fragmentation
“With something like a blue sky, you have now have blue sky, you have threads, you have Instagram, you have Twitter, and instead of like one winning out, which there won't be an absolute winner, you're just going to have diluted experiences everywhere”
Feb 26, 2025 neutral
Hayes: Good Work Exists in Any Medium Despite Platform Incentives
“I think it's possible to do good work in any medium. Like, there are people who do great stuff on TikTok, great stuff on Instagram Reels. There are people posting on Blue Sky and X and Threads that I, like, learn from. There are amazing YouTube videos that I'v…”
Oct 30, 2025 positive