Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, new and old competitors of the social networking site have found a user base in recent months that are eager to test out a brand-new text-based social network. People are experimenting with a variety of social media platforms, including Mastodon, Bluesky, Spill, and T2. However, none have been able to dethrone Twitter so far. However, Threads launched by the Mark Zuckerberg-owned Meta is different. Threads entered the fray with a significant launch connected to Instagram. More than 50 million people downloaded the Threads app in a single day.
Threads is Meta’s text-based Twitter competitor and is for sure creating headlines. You can make an account by logging in with your Instagram credentials because it is connected to your Instagram account.
More than 100 nations presently provide the platform on iOS and Android devices. The app is temporarily unavailable in the EU owing to privacy concerns. Users’ social networking base remains intact and they may follow everyone they follow because they are logging in using their Instagram account. Additionally, your username, name, and settings like a block list will also be imported.
There isn’t yet a timeline in Threads that only displays postings from accounts that you follow. The postings from accounts you follow and other people’s accounts are mixed on the algorithm-generated home timeline.
The new generation software has reached the top of app stores in several different nations, where it is available via Apple’s iOS and Android. In India, it is among the top three free iOS apps along with WhatsApp and Instagram. In China, where Meta’s other apps are presently restricted, the Threads app climbed to the fifth spot in the App Store. Threads is anticipated to experience the same fate in the forthcoming days.
According to a report by The Verge, the Threads app had more than 95 million posts as of Thursday, 6th July 2023, and had received 190 million likes overall on the website. Elon Musk’s Twitter seems to be starting to feel the pressure. According to reports, the platform threatened legal action against Meta in a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg from Twitter’s attorney Alex Spirt.
The CEO and founder of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, however, couldn’t resist a tongue-in-cheek quip. Making his first public appearance on Twitter in 11 years as he launched Threads, Zuckerberg tweeted a meme featuring Spiderman pointing at Spiderman.
Zuckerberg also had some sharp observations to make. Using his new Threads account, Zuckerberg said that Twitter had not “nailed” its chance to become a mega app, insinuating that it has underachieved because of the level of hostility on the microblogging network. Users are addressing Threads as a ‘Twitter Killer’ app. However, the fun banter between Meta’s CEO, Elon Musk and Twitter and threads user is something you cannot miss.
How to Use Threads?
It is very easy to use Threads- just start using the app in one go by logging in with your Instagram account. You can further make changes to your profile exclusively for Threads while keeping your Instagram username and authentication untouched.
If you are someone below the age of 16, or 18 (in some countries) your account will automatically go private. On Threads, you can decide to follow the same accounts you already do on Instagram or find new users with similar interests as yours. The Twitter rival app by Meta is eligible to capture all of Instagram’s essential accessibility features; the list includes features like screen reader support and artificial intelligence-generated image theories.
The cool launch by Meta: Threads, suggests content on your feed by the people you follow added to similar content from new users and other authors- hence a mix of both is displayed in your Threads feed. Threads is not at all similar to Twitter as it doesn’t offer live audio rooms and long videos. As a Thread user, you can add links, a maximum of 10 images, and videos up to five minutes (max) to your Threads posts, which have a 500-character limit.
Now that you know Instagram and Threads are best buddies, a Threads post can be easily shared to your Instagram story or as a link on any other platform of your choice. So are you up for some Threads-ings now?
