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Meta Launches 'Threads' To Rival Twitter
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Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, made a significant announcement regarding the launch of "Threads," a new app created by the Instagram team. Within the first two hours of its release, Threads garnered an impressive two million sign-ups, indicating a strong initial interest from users.
Threads is designed to provide a separate space for real-time updates and public conversations, expanding on Instagram's core features and focusing on text-based sharing. With the ability to log in using an existing Instagram account, users can enjoy a familiar experience while embracing the creative potential of expressing ideas through text.
Similar to Instagram, Threads allows users to connect and follow friends and creators who share their interests. It also offers a range of safety and user controls, ensuring a positive and secure environment for interaction. Accessibility features such as screen reader support and AI-generated image descriptions are also integrated into the app, promoting inclusivity.
One of the standout features of Threads is the option to share posts up to 500 characters long, including links, photos, and videos of up to five minutes in length. This versatility enables users to express themselves in various formats and engage with multimedia content. Additionally, Threads provides seamless integration with Instagram stories, allowing for easy sharing across platforms.
The app includes powerful tools to foster positive and productive conversations. Users have control over who can mention or reply to their posts, and the option to filter out replies containing specific words. Blocking, restricting, and reporting profiles are also possible, with Instagram's Community Guidelines enforced to maintain content integrity.
Safety remains a top priority for Meta, with ongoing investments in building teams and technologies to protect users. They are committed to upholding Instagram's community guidelines and ensuring a safe environment for all Threads users.
Excitingly, Meta has plans to make Threads compatible with ActivityPub, an open social networking protocol established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). This compatibility would enable interoperability with other apps supporting ActivityPub, such as Mastodon and WordPress. This move towards openness and interoperability aims to create diverse and interconnected networks, providing users with more control over their audience and fostering innovation and experimentation.
Meta envisions Threads as the first of their apps to embrace an open social networking protocol, signaling their commitment to joining the growing ecosystem of interoperable services. They believe that decentralized approaches, similar to the protocols governing email and the web, will shape the future of online platforms.
Threads is now available for download on iOS and Android devices in more than 100 countries through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Meta has exciting plans to introduce new features, including improved recommendations and a robust search function, to enhance users' experience and further facilitate the discovery of engaging content and creators.
As Threads continues to evolve, Meta looks forward to receiving feedback from users and incorporating innovative features that foster meaningful connections within the app.
Threads is designed to provide a separate space for real-time updates and public conversations, expanding on Instagram's core features and focusing on text-based sharing. With the ability to log in using an existing Instagram account, users can enjoy a familiar experience while embracing the creative potential of expressing ideas through text.
Similar to Instagram, Threads allows users to connect and follow friends and creators who share their interests. It also offers a range of safety and user controls, ensuring a positive and secure environment for interaction. Accessibility features such as screen reader support and AI-generated image descriptions are also integrated into the app, promoting inclusivity.
One of the standout features of Threads is the option to share posts up to 500 characters long, including links, photos, and videos of up to five minutes in length. This versatility enables users to express themselves in various formats and engage with multimedia content. Additionally, Threads provides seamless integration with Instagram stories, allowing for easy sharing across platforms.
The app includes powerful tools to foster positive and productive conversations. Users have control over who can mention or reply to their posts, and the option to filter out replies containing specific words. Blocking, restricting, and reporting profiles are also possible, with Instagram's Community Guidelines enforced to maintain content integrity.
Safety remains a top priority for Meta, with ongoing investments in building teams and technologies to protect users. They are committed to upholding Instagram's community guidelines and ensuring a safe environment for all Threads users.
Excitingly, Meta has plans to make Threads compatible with ActivityPub, an open social networking protocol established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). This compatibility would enable interoperability with other apps supporting ActivityPub, such as Mastodon and WordPress. This move towards openness and interoperability aims to create diverse and interconnected networks, providing users with more control over their audience and fostering innovation and experimentation.
Meta envisions Threads as the first of their apps to embrace an open social networking protocol, signaling their commitment to joining the growing ecosystem of interoperable services. They believe that decentralized approaches, similar to the protocols governing email and the web, will shape the future of online platforms.
Threads is now available for download on iOS and Android devices in more than 100 countries through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Meta has exciting plans to introduce new features, including improved recommendations and a robust search function, to enhance users' experience and further facilitate the discovery of engaging content and creators.
As Threads continues to evolve, Meta looks forward to receiving feedback from users and incorporating innovative features that foster meaningful connections within the app.
Jul 6, 2023
