News TV channels in Taiwan that I usually watch, very often use videos from Threads for local news reporting (stuff sent in by the public). X-originated ones pretty much disappeared for the same use. This doesn't account for millions of users (by a long shot), but definitely a noticeable shift.

It's just a bias of what cultures you are more exposed to. The same with messaging apps, different societies huddled in different apps.

You probably aren't their target demographic. Are you from the US or from EU?

It's probably country specific. The country you live in might be on Twitter, but many are on Threads.

Social networks live on network effects. You don't choose a social network, you just go where everyone else is.

Did you ever think that "what you see" is not the whole reality or even close to important to the state of the world?

X is designed for controversy. Threads is designed for anti-controversy. Meta has deliberately discouraged and downplayed politics on Threads. Screenshots are mostly of controversial stuff.

LOL yea no that's not what my threads looks like. It's 99% politics.

The one difference is that threads basically uses instagrams engagement model and bubble up stuff you 'like' or would 'agree with' rather than very confrontational stuff. It's still politics. Just your own view of it.

That one difference is a big difference.

See also: "we won’t proactively recommend content about politics on recommendation surfaces across Instagram and Threads" https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/continuing-ou...