Threads Launch LIVE Updates: Users Go 'Moh Moh Ke Dhage' on Rival Twitter Platform
1 year, 5 months ago

Threads Launch LIVE Updates: Users Go 'Moh Moh Ke Dhage' on Rival Twitter Platform

News 18  

Threads has finally been unveiled. Meta Chief Mark Zuckerberg introduced Threads as an “open and friendly public space for conversation”. Zuckerberg introduced Threads as an “open and friendly public space for conversation”. I think the world needs this kind of friendly community, and I’m grateful to all of you who are part of Threads from day one. When asked if Threads can become bigger than Twitter, he said, “It’ll take some time, but I think there should be a public conversations app with 1 billion+ people on it.

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Meta tests messaging feature in Threads: All you need to know
8 months, 1 week ago

Meta tests messaging feature in Threads: All you need to know

India TV News  

Meta is testing a new feature on its X rival app, Threads. A meta spokesperson confirmed the feature availability on the platform to Engadget saying that the company was “testing the ability to send a message from Threads to Instagram.” The feature relies on Instagram’s inbox but users can now initiate messages from the app. Image Source : LUCAS PUSKARICThreads …

Meta working on cross-posting feature from Facebook to Threads
10 months ago

Meta working on cross-posting feature from Facebook to Threads

India TV News  

Meta has reportedly started testing a cross-posting feature which will enable users to post from Facebook to Threads simultaneously. The feature will let the users share both text and link posts from Facebook to Threads. Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerburg, Founder and CEO of Meta has announced that the company is testing a new "trending topics" feature on Threads that will allow …

Threads API under development to expand Instagram's capabilities
1 year, 1 month ago

Threads API under development to expand Instagram's capabilities

India TV News  

Instagram’s head Adam Mosseri has announced that the company is in the process of developing an API for Threads, Instagram's rival to Twitter. Threads have garnered around 100 million monthly users Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that Threads has garnered nearly 100 million monthly users. Image Source : FILEThread and Twitter Threads would not prioritize news content …

Instagram CEO announces Meta Threads desktop version
1 year, 3 months ago

Instagram CEO announces Meta Threads desktop version

The Hindu  

Meta’s text-based social media app Threads now has a desktop version which can be accessed via the threads.net web link, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri said on Thursday, confirming that it is now available to all. Launched in early July, Threads quickly scooped up 100 million sign-ups but interest waned and daily active users fell by the millions as basic features …

Meta launches a web version of Threads as it struggles to keep users on the mobile app
1 year, 4 months ago

Meta launches a web version of Threads as it struggles to keep users on the mobile app

Daily Mail  

Meta is to unleash a web version of Threads as usership on the 'Twitter-killer' app has plummeted. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, has announced that users will be able to use the record-breaking platform on desktop within the 'next few days', in addition to its mobile app. The reveal comes almost two months after Threads' historic launch on July 6, …

Instagram introduces web version of Threads amid usage decline
1 year, 4 months ago

Instagram introduces web version of Threads amid usage decline

India TV News  

Meta-owned Instagram has taken a step to revive its faltering Threads platform by introducing a web version. He shared that an early web version had been under internal testing for a brief period, acknowledging that it still requires refinement before widespread availability. Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg had previously announced that the web version of Threads would be introduced …

Threads enhances following feed by adding Reposts feature
1 year, 4 months ago

Threads enhances following feed by adding Reposts feature

India TV News  

Instagram's Threads, under the leadership of Adam Mosseri, is introducing valuable enhancements that promise to enhance user engagement. The platform will soon introduce a "Reposts" tab on profiles, allowing users to conveniently access all their reposted threads in one place. Additionally, Threads is responding to user feedback by incorporating reposts into the Following feed, a feature that will likely streamline …

Mark Zuckerberg promises more features for Threads as users leave the platform
1 year, 4 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg promises more features for Threads as users leave the platform

The Hindu  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday shared that new features were coming to the recently launched text-based social media app Threads, including custom alt-text for photos and videos, a mention button for users, and the ability to directly share a post to Instagram DMs. Threads, which quickly collected 100 million sign-ups within a week of launch, has seen over half …

Move fast and beat Musk: The inside story of how Meta built Threads
1 year, 4 months ago

Move fast and beat Musk: The inside story of how Meta built Threads

The Independent  

Adam Mosseri was on a family vacation in Italy last November when he learnt he’d have to go toe-to-toe with Elon Musk. But once Musk took over Twitter, embarking on what Mosseri called “high-risk” decisions like limiting the reach of posts for users who hadn’t paid for verification, company executives inside Meta pounced. Instead of 30-minute presentations on a single …

Threads vs. Twitter: The new Meta app is already leaning into addiction.
1 year, 4 months ago

Threads vs. Twitter: The new Meta app is already leaning into addiction.

Slate  

Last week, as Twitter struggled to contain the multipronged fallout from its sudden rebrand as X, its competitor from down the San Francisco Peninsula tried to twist the knife. Reporters at the Verge discovered last week that when users browse the app’s newest additions, “Threads will occasionally rehide the Following feed and bring you back to the For You feed …

How Meta's Threads was born: Instagram head recalls conversation with Mark Zuckerberg
1 year, 4 months ago

How Meta's Threads was born: Instagram head recalls conversation with Mark Zuckerberg

Hindustan Times  

Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta Platforms-owned Instagram, has revealed for the first time how Threads, the company's new Twitter-like social media service that was launched on July 5, came about. threads A late-night conversation between Mosseri and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg while the former was vacationing in Italy with his wife, led to the birth of Threads, he told …

Threads working to let people message each other: Report
1 year, 4 months ago

Threads working to let people message each other: Report

The Hindu  

Threads, Meta’s text-based social media app seen as an answer to the Elon Musk-owned X, is working on new features, including a way to let users message each other directly. Mosseri said the platform, in the future, will prioritise enabling users to grow “follow” lists, improving content algorithms, adding a messaging feature, and adding a timeline with only posts from …

Here is how Meta’s Threads is changing
1 year, 4 months ago

Here is how Meta’s Threads is changing

The Hindu  

Meta’s newly launched Threads app, which saw around 100 million sign-ups in its first week, is now upgraded with a chronological feed that allows users to see posts from only the accounts they are following. “Threads started rolling out an option for a chronological feed of only people you’re following and added translations too. Threads was launched with Meta’s Instagram …

After Meta’s Threads, TikTok now wants to launch a ‘Twitter Killer,’ gears up for a major overhaul
1 year, 4 months ago

After Meta’s Threads, TikTok now wants to launch a ‘Twitter Killer,’ gears up for a major overhaul

Firstpost  

After Meta’s Threads tried taking down Twitter and failed spectacularly, TikTok has now announced that it will be taking on the all new X platform and launch a new feature that will make TikTok the new Twitter It looks like TikTok, the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform is next in line to try and take down Elon Musk’s Twitter, just weeks after …

Twitter challenger Meta Threads struggles for traction
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter challenger Meta Threads struggles for traction

Deccan Chronicle  

SAN FRANCISCO: After a wildly successful first few days, Threads popularity has waned in the weeks since Meta launched its challenge to Twitter, which lives on despite its problems. "I actually closed down my Twitter account after starting Threads," said Brooklyn resident Lauren Brose, head of marketing at a tech start-up. "Given that Twitter is in a state of disarray, …

Meta-owned Threads sees dip in user engagement; witnesses 20 per cent decrease in active users
1 year, 5 months ago

Meta-owned Threads sees dip in user engagement; witnesses 20 per cent decrease in active users

India TV News  

When Meta launched Threads, it was billed as a 'Twitter-killer' as 100 million signed up within days of launch. New data apps tracking firm Sensor Tower indicates the hype has died down and Threads has seen a 20 per cent decrease in active users and a 50 per cent reduction in time spent on the app, from 20 minutes to …

Meta's Instagram to bring branded content tools to Threads
1 year, 5 months ago

Meta's Instagram to bring branded content tools to Threads

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms's Instagram is planning to bring its branded content tools to Threads, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing a source familiar with the matter. The news comes on the heels of Threads, widely considered a rival to Elon Musk's Twitter, hitting 100 million users in a record five days. Instagram allows users to port their accounts, credentials and followers to …

Threads Review | Meta’s new app wears Twitter’s skin but lacks its teeth
1 year, 5 months ago

Threads Review | Meta’s new app wears Twitter’s skin but lacks its teeth

The Hindu  

With 100 million sign-ups within a week of its launch, Meta’s text-based conversation app Threads has unsettled even Twitter owner Elon Musk, whose lawyer Alex Spiro accused Meta of hiring former Twitter employees to build a “copycat” app. Verdict While Meta’s Threads arrived on the back of a floundering Twitter and quickly gathered millions of users, the app is still …

Reluctant Twitter users, influencers and others are flocking to Meta’s new Threads app
1 year, 5 months ago

Reluctant Twitter users, influencers and others are flocking to Meta’s new Threads app

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Celebrities, lawmakers, brands and everyday social media users are flocking to Meta’s freshly minted app Threads to connect with their followers, including many Twitter refugees tired of the drama surrounding Elon Musk’s raucous oversight of that platform. While she said she has her own concerns about Meta — specifically pointing to the Cambridge Analytica privacy breach, among …

Twitter rival Threads signs up 100 million users in five days
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter rival Threads signs up 100 million users in five days

The Hindu  

The Threads app launched by Instagram as a rival to Twitter has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days, data tracking websites said on Monday, smashing the record of AI tool ChatGPT for fastest-growing consumer app. While ChatGPT took two months to hit the 100 million user mark and video-sharing app TikTok took nine months, …

Instagram CEO says Threads does not intend to replace Twitter
1 year, 5 months ago

Instagram CEO says Threads does not intend to replace Twitter

The Hindu  

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri has claimed that Meta’s newly released text-based app Threads is not meant to replace Twitter and instead caters to communities which did not feel at home on Twitter. In a Threads interaction with The Verge’s editor Alex Heath on Sunday, Mosseri said that the new platform’s goal was to make a “public square” for Instagram communities …

Threads’ soaring popularity puts a dent in Twitter’s traffic
1 year, 5 months ago

Threads’ soaring popularity puts a dent in Twitter’s traffic

The Hindu  

Threads, Meta’s latest microblogging platform, has taken the social media world by storm, amassing 100 million users in just over two days. Now, with the launch of the Threads app, Twitter’s traffic seems to have taken another huge hit. The decline in Twitter’s popularity can be partly attributed to the controversial changes implemented by its new owner, Elon Musk, following …

Explained | What should you know about Meta’s social media app Threads?
1 year, 5 months ago

Explained | What should you know about Meta’s social media app Threads?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The past two weeks sorely tested the patience of Twitter users. Though Threads is still in its early days, Meta plans to make it compatible with the open social networking protocol ActivityPub, so that Threads could one day work with platforms such as the decentralised social media site Mastodon and the content management system and website-builder …

Threads | A new digital town square
1 year, 5 months ago

Threads | A new digital town square

The Hindu  

From most conceivable perspectives, it does not look like Elon Musk needs help in imploding Twitter. Threads provides a linear interface very similar to Twitter — text updates, links, images and video clips from those you follow along with algorithmically promoted posts, accompanied by the familiar like, comment and repost buttons. Threads joins the Facebook-parent company’s portfolio of massive social …

Threads Is Not an Automatic Win for Meta
1 year, 5 months ago

Threads Is Not an Automatic Win for Meta

Slate  

This article is from Big Technology, a newsletter by Alex Kantrowitz. Opportunity: Use the Reels Algorithm to Build a Better Twitter When Meta copied TikTok, it put a ton of resources into its Reels product and algorithm. Meta’s algorithmic feed may work well on a Twitterlike platform, where new and casual users never saw the appeal of building follow graphs …

Meta launches fast-growing Threads app; Twitter threatens Meta
1 year, 5 months ago

Meta launches fast-growing Threads app; Twitter threatens Meta

NPR  

Meta launches fast-growing Threads app; Twitter threatens Meta Facebook parent company Meta broke most-downloaded records recently with its new app, Threads. Elon Musk is threatening to sue Zuckerberg over Threads now, saying Meta basically stole his intellectual property. And into that comes Mark Zuckerberg, who launches a Twitter clone that basically does everything that Twitter does, except his executives at …

Meta's Threads signs up 30 million users, in clear threat to Musk-owned Twitter
1 year, 5 months ago

Meta's Threads signs up 30 million users, in clear threat to Musk-owned Twitter

The Hindu  

Meta's Threads racked up more than 30 million sign-ups within about 18 hours of its launch, emerging as the first real threat to Elon Musk-owned Twitter, as it took advantage of its access to billions of Instagram users and a similar look to that of its rival. Twitter's stumbles make room for a well-funded competitor like Meta Platforms, analysts and …

Newly launched Meta's 'Threads' garners over 30 million users
1 year, 5 months ago

Newly launched Meta's 'Threads' garners over 30 million users

Hindustan Times  

More than 30 million users signed up for Meta Platforms Inc.’s new app Threads, designed as a direct rival to Twitter and the most serious threat yet to Elon Musk’s struggling social-media site. “There should be a public conversations app with 1 billion-plus people on it,” Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on his Threads account. …

How Threads Could Kill Twitter
54 years, 11 months ago

How Threads Could Kill Twitter

Wired  

The announcement of Threads, Meta’s Instagram-Twitter hybrid, had been met with confusion and skepticism. Threads, the latest of Meta’s copycat innovations, faces a long slog in its bid to topple Twitter as the microblogging platform of choice. Threads, which is closely linked to Instagram but is actually a different app, has a major advantage over other Twitter copycats—it already has …

What is Threads? All your questions about Meta’s new Twitter rival, answered
1 year, 5 months ago

What is Threads? All your questions about Meta’s new Twitter rival, answered

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live. “It’s piquing curiosity,” Proulx said, noting that Instagram users are getting alerts about their followers joining Threads — causing more and more people to sign up. In early replies on Threads, Zuckerberg said making the app “a friendly place” will be a key to success …

Why Did Mark Zuckerberg Tweet This Spider-Man Meme After Launching Threads
1 year, 5 months ago

Why Did Mark Zuckerberg Tweet This Spider-Man Meme After Launching Threads

News 18  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tweeted for the first time in 11 years today—on the very same day that Meta launched Threads—which is being touted as a major competitor to Twitter. Musk recently tweeted that he is “up for a cage match" with Mark Zuckerberg, and in resonse, the Meta CEO, posted a screenshot of Musk’s tweet on his social media …

Threads App is Here to Rival Twitter and Desis Are Already Weaving Hilarious Memes
1 year, 5 months ago

Threads App is Here to Rival Twitter and Desis Are Already Weaving Hilarious Memes

News 18  

Meta’s Twitter rival, Threads has finally been unveiled. For those who don’t know, Threads has been built by the team at Instagram and it is basically a text-based app that allows users to share posts up to 500-character long. Meta Chief Mark Zuckerberg introduced Threads as an “open and friendly public space for conversation”. Have a look at few viral …

Meta's Threads app is live in India. How to sign up, create posts on Twitter's rival | Steps
1 year, 5 months ago

Meta's Threads app is live in India. How to sign up, create posts on Twitter's rival | Steps

Hindustan Times  

Meta, led by Mark Zuckerberg, has introduced Threads, a new text-based app from Instagram. Search for "Threads, an Instagram app" on the App Store or Play Store and download the app. Tap on the "Login with Instagram" button and enter your Instagram username and password to log in to the new Threads app by Instagram. To post a new thread …

What Is Meta's Threads And How To Use It: A Step-By-Step Guide
1 year, 5 months ago

What Is Meta's Threads And How To Use It: A Step-By-Step Guide

News 18  

US-based tech giant Meta has officially released its new social media platform Threads for sharing text updates and joining public conversations. “Threads is a new app, built by the Instagram team, for sharing text updates and joining public conversations. – If you already have the Instagram app installed on your device, Threads will automatically log you in. – Once you’re …

This is how Elon Musk reacts on launch of Meta’s Threads app.. Twitter floods with hilarious memes
1 year, 5 months ago

This is how Elon Musk reacts on launch of Meta’s Threads app.. Twitter floods with hilarious memes

Live Mint  

Meta's Instagram on Wednesday officially unveiled Threads which is considered the most potent threat to the struggling social media service Elon Musk owns. However, several users on Twitter taking sides with Elon Musk have reacted on how the Meta’s new Threads app has been created. Recently, a Twitter user with the handle DogeDesigner mocked Meta’s new Threads app with his …

Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter Killer Is Shockingly Viable. Oh No.
1 year, 5 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter Killer Is Shockingly Viable. Oh No.

Slate  

Mark Zuckerberg first announced that Threads, Meta’s Instagram-linked, text-based, aspirationally decentralized alternative to Twitter, would arrive on Thursday morning. So, naturally, the official rollout actually occurred Wednesday evening, with the surprise drop leading a bunch of users to sign up for the gazillionth Twitter clone they’d tried out since Elon Musk took over Twitter last October and proceeded to make …

Amid Threads launch, Mark Zuckerberg tweets for first time in 11 years, jabs Elon Musk
1 year, 5 months ago

Amid Threads launch, Mark Zuckerberg tweets for first time in 11 years, jabs Elon Musk

Hindustan Times  

Hours after launching Meta’s Twitter rival - Threads - CEO Mark Zuckerberg tweeted for the first time in over a decade. Poking fun at Twitter owner Elon Musk, Zuckerberg posted the iconic Spider Man facing off meme on Thursday in an apparent reference to the roll out of Twitter’s substitute. Hopefully we will.” Since Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion …

Threads, Meta’s Twitter clone, just launched — and people are already complaining about it
1 year, 5 months ago

Threads, Meta’s Twitter clone, just launched — and people are already complaining about it

LA Times  

Facebook parent Meta launched a new app that appears to mimic Twitter, marking a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk. “We’re hoping to bring some of what we have built for photos and videos on Instagram to Threads with text,” said Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, in a video. Twitter explained the throttling …

What is Threads? Here’s what you need to know about the potential ‘Twitter Killer’
1 year, 5 months ago

What is Threads? Here’s what you need to know about the potential ‘Twitter Killer’

CNN  

New York CNN — Facebook-parent Meta officially launched its Twitter competitor, Threads, last Wednesday, after first confirming its plans for the app just three months ago. The mood on Threads on the night of its launch felt a bit like the first day of school, with early adopters rushing to try out the app and write their first posts — …

Facebook’s Meta launches ‘Twitter killer’ social network Threads
1 year, 5 months ago

Facebook’s Meta launches ‘Twitter killer’ social network Threads

Al Jazeera  

Mark Zuckerberg launches Twitter rival in bid to capitalise on turmoil at Twitter under Elon Musk. Instagram owner Meta has launched its new social media network Threads, aiming to capitalise on the turmoil at Twitter under billionaire owner Elon Musk. Zuckerberg’s launch of the platform dubbed a “Twitter killer” by some tech analysts is seen as a direct challenge to …

Twitter threatens legal action over Threads, calling Meta’s new app a ‘copycat’
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter threatens legal action over Threads, calling Meta’s new app a ‘copycat’

LA Times  

Meta unveiled its new app Threads to rival Twitter, targeting users looking for an alternative to the social media platform owned — and frequently changed — by Elon Musk. The hyped cage match between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg may not be happening, but a courthouse battle could loom after Meta launched its Twitter competitor app, Threads, on Wednesday. Twitter …

Zuckerberg-Musk fight is on: Meta launches 'Twitter Killer' Threads app
1 year, 5 months ago

Zuckerberg-Musk fight is on: Meta launches 'Twitter Killer' Threads app

The Hindu  

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg is set to deliver a blow to Elon Musk on Wednesday night, as the tech billionaires' rivalry goes live with the launch of Instagram's much-anticipated Threads platform, a clone of Twitter. Analysts said investors were salivating over the possibility that Threads' ties to Instagram might give it a built-in user base and advertising apparatus, which could siphon …

Meta’s new Twitter rival app Threads gets tens of millions of sign-ups in its first day
1 year, 5 months ago

Meta’s new Twitter rival app Threads gets tens of millions of sign-ups in its first day

Associated Press  

Tens of millions of people have quickly signed up to Meta’s new app, Threads, as it aims to compete with Twitter — a sign that users are looking for an alternative to the social media platform that has undergone a series of unpopular changes since Elon Musk bought it. Threads is billed as a text-based version of Meta’s photo-sharing app …

Meta officially launches Twitter rival Threads. 30 million have joined already
1 year, 5 months ago

Meta officially launches Twitter rival Threads. 30 million have joined already

CNN  

CNN — Facebook has tried to compete with Twitter in numerous ways over the years, including copying signature Twitter features such as hashtags and trending topics. Meta on Wednesday 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. Meta's new Threads …

10 million sign up for Meta's Twitter rival app, Threads
1 year, 5 months ago

10 million sign up for Meta's Twitter rival app, Threads

NPR  

10 million sign up for Meta's Twitter rival app, Threads Enlarge this image toggle caption Richard Drew/AP Richard Drew/AP Meta has unveiled an app called Threads to rival Twitter, targeting users looking for an alternative to the social media platform owned — and frequently changed — by Elon Musk. Threads is billed as a text-based version of Meta's photo-sharing app …

Zuckerberg brings Twitter-like Threads app. Dorsey, Musk flag privacy concerns
1 year, 5 months ago

Zuckerberg brings Twitter-like Threads app. Dorsey, Musk flag privacy concerns

Hindustan Times  

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has unveiled its latest offering: Threads, a new microblogging app set to roll out on Thursday. Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk took swipe on Mark Zuckerberg's new app What is Meta's Threads app? Threads, a text-based conversation app, will allow users to follow the accounts they follow on Instagram and keep the …

Twitter Rival Instagram Threads Launching On This Date
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter Rival Instagram Threads Launching On This Date

ABP News  

Instagram Threads, the much-talked-about Twitter rival is likely to launch on July 6, according to an Apple App Store listing for the app, amid criticism of Twitter due to Elon Musk imposed limit on reading posts on the platform. The decision comes amid a series of drastic changes ordered by tech billionaire Musk, which includes requiring users to be logged …

Meta looks to target Twitter with a rival app called Threads
1 year, 5 months ago

Meta looks to target Twitter with a rival app called Threads

Associated Press  

LONDON — Meta is poised to unveil a new app that appears to mimic Twitter — a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by Elon Musk. Musk replied “yeah” to a tweet from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey saying, “All your Threads are belong to us,” along with a screenshot from the App Store’s privacy section showing what personal …

'Thank goodness': Elon Musk reacts as Twitter-rival Thread's launch date confirmed
1 year, 5 months ago

'Thank goodness': Elon Musk reacts as Twitter-rival Thread's launch date confirmed

Firstpost  

Meta’s Thread will be launched on 6 July and will be available to users for downloads, according to Apple’s app store data in US After, Meta recently announced the release date of Threads, Twitter boss Elon Musk took a dig at Meta Platforms, stating, “thank goodness they’re so sanely run”. However, the term “sanely run” might suggest that the app …

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