The most potent rival to Twitter, Threads, has launched. Elon Musk’s initial response to a tweet that suggested Meta’s new product was a duplicate of Twitter was to deny the claim. There are some distinctions, though, that might aid Threads in forging its own identity.
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Users of Threads will have a 500-character limit, according to Meta. Unverified Twitter users, meanwhile, are limited to 280 characters. A verified Instagram account may also continue to display the blue badge on Threads. Twitter, on the other hand, charges $8 a month for such feature. The purchase will also enable customers to raise their 25,000 character cap. Such a choice has not yet been offered by Meta.
Users will need an Instagram account to utilise Threads. The app will provide the opportunity to import bio data and followers from an existing Instagram profile when creating a profile. Due to access to Instagram’s substantial existing user base, this will benefit Threads.
Users (including those who are not verified) will be able to publish five-minute long movies on Threads. On Twitter, users who don’t have the coveted blue badge can submit films that are two minutes and 20 seconds long.
The home page of Twitter enables users to view trending topics and other subjects that may be of interest to them. The only method to browse Threads at the moment is to scroll through the home feed.
As of Threads’ launch on Wednesday, there didn’t seem to be a way to store draught posts, unlike Twitter, which already has this capability.
The experience of threading is also unique. A user must press enter three times to begin a thread, according to screenshots of the two apps that are being shared online. You may do it on Twitter by clicking the plus sign.
According to the screenshots, the new product also does not offer the chance to check other profiles’ likes, unlike Twitter, which does so in a different tab.
The same Instagram content guidelines will apply to threads, along with the same options for barring and muting aggressive users.
One of Threads’ selling advantages, according to Connor Hayes, vice president of product at Meta, is that it uses the same ActivityPub social-networking protocol as Mastodon and other decentralised social-media apps. This implies that users who grow their followings on Threads will soon be able to utilise the app to engage with a larger audience outside of Instagram.
Finally, Threads has gone ad-free. Bloomberg claims that this was done to generate as much interest in the product as possible.
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