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Image Source : FILE Meta's Threads app likely to introduce Direct Messages soon Meta recently launched Threads on Instagram, a platform rival to Twitter. Surprisingly, Threads garnered a massive 100 million subscribers in its first five days of release. Now, reports are suggesting that Meta plans to add another Twitter feature to Threads. The feature in question is…

It has been over 10 days now since Meta’s Twitter rival arrived. Threads app created quite a stir raking in number of downloads and users, creating a record. In just under 5 days, the app saw 100 million users. The numbers are now on the down but the Threads effect seems very much in play. According to a report by TechCrunch, a Threads’ namesake has also seen impressive growth, just because of its name. Incidentally, the founder of the ‘other’ Threads app is a former employee of Facebook. According to the report, Threads…

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg traded insults over the weekend as competition between the billionaires heated up majorly in Zuck’s favor. On its fifth day of existence, Meta’s new Threads app hit over 100 million user signups, becoming one of the fastest growing apps in history. Meanwhile, Twitter’s traffic is “tanking,” according to Mathew Prince, CEO of network service company Cloudflare, whose data shows that visits to Twitter have been in steady decline since Musk took the reins, a trend that accelerated slightly over…

Meta's Threads has garnered attention all around the world, counting in more than 1 million users in less than a week. While the users have hopped on to the new microblogging platform, it still needs some features to keep them hooked. And Meta will be going with Android users to try out new features as they arrive in beta. Android users can now register for the beta version of Threads to gain early access to these new features.An engineer from Meta announced the launch of a Threads beta program for Android. This program…

Just how similar is Instagram's chatty new app, Threads, to Twitter?In a cease-and-desist letter earlier this week, Twitter threatened legal action against Instagram parent company Meta over the new text-based app Threads. which it called a “copycat.” Threads has drawn tens of millions of users since launching as the latest rival to Elon Musk's social media platform. Threads creators pushed back on the accusations, and legal experts note that much is still unknown. For now, “it's sort of a big question mark,” Jacob…

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri has made headlines with his recent statement regarding…

Instagram CEO, Adam Mosseri, has surprised everyone with his recent statemenet about the new Threads app He has indicated that Threads is not meant for news and politics. During a conversation with The Verge, Mosseri expressed that politics and hard news bring about too much scrutiny, negativity, and risks to the app's integrity.According to Mosseri, Threads will not actively promote or encourage politics and hard news. He believes that there are already plenty of vibrant communities on Instagram, such as those focused…

Meta's new Threads app comes with a warning that users cannot leave without deleting their entire Instagram account. Since its recent launch, the app has already gained millions of signups, posing a challenge to Twitter, which has imposed limitations on post visibility. With its seamless integration with Instagram, signing up for Threads is convenient, but the signup process cannot be reversed. Users who wish to leave Threads will be compelled to delete their entire Instagram account. While Threads users have…

Meta’s new Threads app designed “for public conversations,” is meant to be a happy-go-lucky, flower-strewn realm of “kindness,” one that CEO Mark Zuckerberg told MMA fighter Mike Davis is a “friendly place.” As is becoming more clear from the higher-ups in control of the new app, they don’t want Threads to stray anywhere close to being as controversial as Twitter, and that includes de-ranking “hard news.’Nobody’s Really Watching ReelsResponding to The Verge’s Alex Heath’squestion about news on Threads, Instagram head…

Meta Platforms's new Threads app, which is being called a Twitter-killer, has many things going for it, including teh fact that the full might of Instagram is behind it, but it lacks a crucial feature. It does not have a feed that only shows posts from people you follow. Threads currently shows postings from both following and unfollowed accounts. Twitter, on the other hand, offers separate "Following" and "For You" feeds, TechCrunch reported. However, there is good news for Threads lovers. Adam Mosseri, the head of…