▲ 359 ▼ Meta is promoting Threads posts on Facebook and there’s no way to opt out (www.engadget.com) submitted 2 years ago by macallik@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 85 comments fedilink hide all child comments Meta is starting to ramp up its growth-hacking tactics for Threads in a bid to boost engagement on the Twitter competitor.
[+] scytale@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wowbagger_@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) What? Myself and most of my friends are Gen Z and nobody I know does this. Google Maps is always the first place I look, and 70% of the time I click through to the business's actual site. Hell, most of us barely use IG at all anymore permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] scytale@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wowbagger_@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* I took the phrase "small business" to mean places with an actual storefront (restaurants, small shops, studios, and so on) who use FB or IG in lieu of having their own site. For those places it makes particularly little sense because social media isn't most people's first port of call when they're looking for somewhere to eat dinner or go thrifting. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wowbagger_@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) What? Myself and most of my friends are Gen Z and nobody I know does this. Google Maps is always the first place I look, and 70% of the time I click through to the business's actual site. Hell, most of us barely use IG at all anymore permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] scytale@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wowbagger_@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* I took the phrase "small business" to mean places with an actual storefront (restaurants, small shops, studios, and so on) who use FB or IG in lieu of having their own site. For those places it makes particularly little sense because social media isn't most people's first port of call when they're looking for somewhere to eat dinner or go thrifting. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] scytale@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wowbagger_@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* I took the phrase "small business" to mean places with an actual storefront (restaurants, small shops, studios, and so on) who use FB or IG in lieu of having their own site. For those places it makes particularly little sense because social media isn't most people's first port of call when they're looking for somewhere to eat dinner or go thrifting. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wowbagger_@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* I took the phrase "small business" to mean places with an actual storefront (restaurants, small shops, studios, and so on) who use FB or IG in lieu of having their own site. For those places it makes particularly little sense because social media isn't most people's first port of call when they're looking for somewhere to eat dinner or go thrifting. permalink fedilink source parent