Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced plans to launch its new app — Threads — to rival Twitter. The platform will be launched on Thursday, July 6, 2023.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced plans to launch its new app — Threads — to rival Twitter.The move comes months after Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta and Elon Musk, chairman of Twitter agreed to pair up for aMeta said ‘Threads’ has been made available for pre-order on the Apple Store, and is expected to be linked to Instagram.
The new Meta app is said to be a replica of the popular micro-blogging platform, Twitter, and its unveilingOn Saturday, the Tesla owner, restricted the number of posts users can read daily on Twitter. The move sought to tackle issues around “data and systems manipulation”, Musk, the chief technology officer and chairman of the firm, had said in aHe said verified users will have access to 6,000 posts daily, while unverified and new users will be allowed to read 600 and 300 posts, respectively.
Since Musk took over the ownership of Twitter, he has introduced several changes that have come as unpalatable to some users.Responding to a tweet about the new app, Threads, Musk said: “Thank goodness they’re so sanely run.”
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