Be still, my heart. No matter how much FOMO you feel, do not burden me with another social network. Yet, resisting the latest fad app is proving tougher than I thought. Meta (a.k.a. Facebook) is being uncharacteristically smooth in its launch strategy for Threads, the millionth Twitter clone and current number-one app in Apple’s app […]
Threads doesn’t deserve my FOMO, but here we are by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch
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Threads, the Meta-owned Twitter clone that launched this week, will always be hindered by its own content guidelines. The app is dry at best, and at worst, leeching your personal data. With 30 million downloads in less than a day of its launch, Threads is poised to compete with Twitter’s sheer volume of users. Though countless […]
You can’t post ass, Threads is doomed by Morgan Sung originally published on TechCrunch
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Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over its new Threads app less than 24 hours after it launched, as first reported by Semafor. The Elon Musk-owned company is accusing Meta of poaching former Twitter employees to create the new platform. Threads, which is a text-based platform that is similar to Twitter, has already passed 30 […]
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over its new Threads app by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
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There are many Twitters now, but we may never have another Twitter again. As the eminent Twitter of its time, Twitter served up a lively, often incoherent mix of paradigm-shifting cultural phenomena (Arab Spring, the Me Too movement, Black Twitter), breaking news, corporate existentialist brand building, tweet-addled U.S. presidents and hardcore porn. Now, we’ve got […]
Threads won’t be fun — but it will give brands a home away from Twitter by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
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Threads, Meta’s Twitter rival, is attracting users at an unprecedented pace, amassing 10 million signups in just seven hours, according to co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. But the new service, which requires an Instagram account for onboarding, features an intriguing stipulation: Deleting a Threads account terminates the linked Instagram account. In a ‘Supplemental Privacy […]
Meta will nuke your Instagram account if you delete Threads profile by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
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It’s day one for Threads, Meta’s new Twitter clone, and people are signing up in droves. Threads passed two million signups in its first two hours live in the App Store and shows no signs of slowing down. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg noted the milestone on his Threads account. Threads was available for “pre-order” through […]
Threads passes 2 million downloads in 2 hours by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
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Meta is taking on Twitter with a new app. Instagram today announced the anticipated launch of its text-based social networking app, Threads, which allows Instagram users to authenticate with their existing credentials in order to post short updates, including text up to 500 characters; links; photos; and videos up to 5 minutes in length. At […]
Threads, Meta’s Twitter competitor, is now live by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
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Days after requiring users to log in to view tweets, Twitter has silently removed these restrictions. This means you can open Twitter links in a browser without an account. We at TechCrunch noticed that tweet previews are unfurling in Slack and WhatsApp. Folks at Engadget noted that Twitter previews were visible on iMessage as well. […]
Twitter silently removes login requirement for viewing tweets by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
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After swathes of users were unable to access parts of TweetDeck over the last few days, Twitter started rolling out a new version of the web app to users Monday. The company also added that in 30 days, users will have to be verified to access TweetDeck. This means only Twitter Blue subscribers, verified organizations, […]
Twitter said only verified users will be able to access TweetDeck after 30 days by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
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Twitter was even messier than usual this weekend. On Saturday, owner Elon Musk tweeted that Twitter would combat “extreme levels of data scraping,” by limiting accounts that don’t subscribe to Twitter Blue so that they could see only 600 posts per day. Once you hit the quota, almost any act on the site would trigger […]
Twitter competitors soar after yet another bad Musk move by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
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