Comment by john_max_1

When was the last time, Facebook launched a successful standalone product?

  - WhatsApp - acqusition
  - Instagram - acquistion
  - Messenger - acquisition
  - Oculus - acquisition

Facebook has DNA to optimize feeds. It, simply, lack the DNA to build good products from scratch. My gut feeling no one will care about Threads, 6 months from now.

EDIT:

  - Facebook was all-in on cryptocurrencies. The project is fully gone.
  - Facebook was all-in on Messenger as a platform. The project is gone as well.
  - Facebook also launched dating a few years back. That project is dead too.
  - Someone pointed out in comments that Feed & Like as a concept was also based out of an acquisition called FriendFeed - https://techcrunch.com/2009/08/10/facebook-acquires-friendfeed/