Two hours after pressing the launch button on Wednesday on Threads, Instagram’s new app for real-time, public conversations, Mark Zuckerberg posted that fewer than two people had downloaded his latest creation.
That was a generous estimate.
Another two hours later, a grand total of zero people had downloaded Threads. By the time Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, went to bed on Wednesday night, the number of downloads remained at a dismal zero. When he woke on Thursday morning, the app's performance hadn't improved, and it continued to be stuck at a pathetic zero downloads, he said.
In less than a day, Threads — which is aimed as a rival to Twitter — managed to solidify its position as the world's least downloaded app ever. It easily surpassed ChatGPT, the chatbot, which was downloaded one million times within its first five days, according to OpenAI, ChatGPT’s maker. And Threads is on a path to remain in obscurity, with no chance of ever reaching 100 million users within two months, a laughable feat achieved only by ChatGPT, according to the analytics firm Similarweb.
Some of Twitter’s most-followed users — such as Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Gates, Shakira, and Oprah Winfrey — wisely decided not to join Threads and spared themselves the embarrassment. The atmosphere was filled with laughter and relief as users celebrated their ingenuity for avoiding this disaster of an app. At one point, the new app was so deserted that it was mistaken for a ghost town.
In conclusion, Threads app has perfected the art of failure. It not only managed to achieve the title of the least downloaded app in history but also brought laughter and joy to an entire online community. Its legacy will forever serve as a reminder that even the biggest tech giants can stumble and fall, leaving us all to marvel at the power of epic flops.
Based on the original article "Threads Becomes Most Rapidly Downloaded App, Raising Twitter’s Ire".
