Facebook owner Meta's new Threads app, meant to compete with Twitter, was available for pre-order on mobile app stores on iPhone and
Threads will enable users to “connect directly with your favorite creators and others who love the same things – or build a loyal following of your own to share your ideas, opinions and creativity with the world,” according to its app store description.
“We’re thinking about a decentralized, independent social network for sharing written messages in real-time,” the group said in a statement sent to AFP. Twitter provoked ire last week when Musk announced that the platform would limit the number of tweets that could be read per day, with people not paying for subscriptions — by far the majority of users – limited to 1,000 tweets a day.
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