“Meta Launches Threads: Mark Zuckerberg’s App Takes on Elon Musk’s Twitter in Social Media Battle”
Meta, Mark Zuckerberg’s company, has launched Threads, an app aimed at taking on Elon Musk’s Twitter in the realm of social media. This move by Meta provides users who are frustrated with Musk’s behavior a new platform to engage on. Threads, Meta’s photo sharing app, is essentially a text-based version of Instagram, offering a fresh space for real-time updates and public interaction.
On Wednesday midnight, Threads became available on Apple and Google Android app stores in the UK, catering to netizens in over 100 countries, including the US, Australia, Canada, and Japan. Celebrities worldwide quickly embraced the app, with personalities like Gordon Ramsay, Shakira, and Mark Hoyle actively using it. Users have noted similarities between Threads and Twitter, sharing their experiences and screenshots across social media. The platform underwent numerous changes after Musk assumed control of Twitter, leading to open expressions of discontent from netizens who frequently trolled him.
Zuckerberg seized the opportunity presented by this dissatisfaction and launched Threads through Meta. The company expressed its confidence, stating that acquiring only a quarter of Instagram’s user base would position them as a formidable competitor to Twitter.The rivalry between Zuckerberg and Musk escalated when Zuckerberg tweeted a cryptic hint featuring two Spider-Man figures, initiating the debate. Musk responded in a similarly suggestive manner. Threads, the text-based platform, offers separate buttons for liking, reposting, replying, and quoting threads. Users can view the number of likes and replies a post has received. The app places a stronger emphasis on text and interaction, reflecting its original model.