Twitter vs Threads 1p5c3u How Mark Zuckerberg's Latest App Measures Against Elon Musk's Microblogging Site

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Written by Sucharita Ganguly, Edited by Richa Sharma | Updated: 6 July 2023 20:23 IST

Twitter vs Threads: How Mark Zuckerberg's Latest App Measures Against Elon Musk's Microblogging Site

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Facebook owner Meta's new Threads app launched on July 6

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Elon Musk took over Twitter in November 2022
The site recently imposed a lot of restrictions on s
Mark Zuckerberg is the CEO of Meta that launched Threads

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restrictions imposed on s or its lack thereof, is also notable.

What is Threads — the new app by Meta? 2r1w5b

Threads have been introduced as a social media site for publishing short text updates of up to 500 characters, which can include photos and links. s can also a video of up to 5 minutes on their post. According to Meta, an existing Instagram can be used to to the app, and s can "easily share a Threads post to your Instagram story, or share your post as a link on any other platform you choose."

Posts from individuals and profiles that s follow on Instagram or Threads will appear on the home feed, as will the recommendations for new content, just like Instagram. Just like Twitter, Threads s are also allowed to filter particular words from their feed and limit who is permitted to mention them in a post and/or comments.

Twitter Rival Threads Has Hit 10 Million s Within Hours of Launch

The app is available for free on both Apple App Store and the Google Play Store for iOS and Android s, respectively. Within the first few hours of launch, the app crossed 10 million s.

How does Threads work? 1d6c46

As a precursor to having a Threads , the must have an Instagram , since s are asked to to the newly-launched platform using their Instagram credentials. Their Instagram name will be carried over once the Threads is set up, but s will be able to personalise their profile.

s will quite seamlessly be able to follow the same s they presently follow on Instagram rather than starting all over from scratch. When s update a post or "Thread," they are allowed the option to choose who can see it, which varies between all Threads s or only their followers.

Twitter Rival Threads Goes Live as Celebrities, Major Brands the App

As is a staple in most popular social media platforms, s have the ability to unfollow, report, block, or restrict an . Instagram and Threads are so closely integrated, which means that any blocked Instagram s will automatically be blocked on Threads when used through the three dots drop-down options. The app also s a screen reader and AI-generated visual descriptions.

Meta added that it is trying to make Threads compatible with and integrated with other apps that accept the ActivityPub protocol, like WordPress and Mastodon. The firm claimed that they are slowly working to allow s to use Threads app independently, regardless of whether they have an Instagram or not.

Battle of the Execs — Who wins? 5u3s61

This is as good a time as any to have launched Threads app since Twitter is increased Twitter's daily post limit to 10,000 for verified s, 1,000 for unverified s, and 500 for new unverified s, the move is likely to lead to a loss of subscribers – and rs, who started pulling out of the business since Musk's November 2022 takeover.

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