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On Wednesday, Facebook's parent company Meta launched its Twitter competitor Threads.
The App managed to garner over 10 million users within 7 hours of being launched. By Thursday morning the App had received over 30 million sign-ups.
Threads was the top free app on Apple’s App Store and a top trending topic on Twitter on Thursday and Friday.
Threads could pose a serious threat to Twitter, which has faced backlash since Elon Musk took over the platform in October 2022.
Facts about Threads App launched by Meta;
Officially launched on July 06, 2023
Owned by Facebook’s parent company Meta
It’s a viral App to Elon Musk’s Twitter
Got 10 million users within 7 hours
Messages will have 500-character
Users can reply to, repost, and quote others’ Threads posts
Threads can be directly shared on Instagram Stories
Accounts can be public or private
Verified Instagram accounts are automatically verified on Threads
Users can sign up through their Instagram accounts
Users can also import the list of accounts they follow directly from Instagram
Verified Instagram accounts are automatically verified on Threads.
Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account
App available in 100 countries and more than 30 languages via Apple’s iOS and Android, according to the company.
Meta is hoping to capture at least some of its more than 2 billion global active Instagram users with the new app. That’s compared to Twitter’s active user base, which is somewhere around 250 million.
More than 30 languages via Apple’s iOS and Android, according to the company.
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