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08/07/23 06:23 AM IST

Meta officially launches Twitter rival Threads

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  • Meta recently officially launched a new app called Threads, which is intended to offer a space for real-time conversations online, a function that has long been Twitter’s core selling point.
About Threads app
  • Threads is a spin-off app from Instagram that focuses on conversations rather than visual content.
  • You can log in with your Instagram account and share text updates and join public discussions.
  • The app resembles the Instagram comment section in its design, but offers the features of Twitter, such as replying and re-sharing posts.
  • You can create posts with up to 500 characters (more than Twitter’s 280), links, up to 10 photos, and videos up to 5 minutes long.
  • You can’t edit threads. Unlike Twitter, Threads does not seem to use hashtags and does not have a trending section.
Sign up Process
  • The sign-up process is the biggest reason for Instagram Threads’ initial success.
  • Threads taps into Instagram’s existing 2.35 billion-strong userbase instead of building from the ground up like other Twitter competitors.
  • You can easily sign up with the Instagram account and skip the hassle of filling out personal details. Even the bio can be automatically transferred.
  • When you join Threads, you get an ID based on your rank, which depends on when you join the app.
  • This ID appears as a badge under your name or username on your Instagram profile. It tells your followers that you use Threads.
  • Users who are younger than 18 will receive a default private profile.
Significance
  • Meta intends to make Threads compatible with ActivityPub, the universal protocol for social networking that the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) – the guardian of the web’s open standards – has created.
  • This would make Threads interoperable with other apps that also support the ActivityPub protocol, such as Mastodon and WordPress – allowing new types of connections that are simply not possible on most social apps today.
Source - Indian Express

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