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Things you should know about new Zuckerberg’s Twitter-like app, Threads
Eric Patrick
Mark Zuckerberg launched his Instagram Threads on Thursday, an app that is set to rival Twitter.
Threads will function like Twitter with text-based posts that can be liked, shared and commented on.
Threads is currently the most downloaded social networking app with over 100 million downloads within 24 hours as announced by Zuckerberg.
According to multiple reports gathered by National Daily, the app “Threads” hit over 10 million users in just 7 hours.
In an interview currently making the rounds on social media, the developer, however, said the Instagram text-based conversation app is “where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today, to what’ll be trending tomorrow.”
The new Instagram thread app, has posed as threat to twitter and Elon Musk, according to National Daily analysis, over one billion users are likely to leave Twitter
Like Twitter, Threads will allow its users to discuss topics daily.
READ ALSO: Hours after its launch, Twitter rival-app, Threads registers 10m users
Below Are Things You Should Know About The New Instagram Thread App.
Threads will directly port users’ existing Instagram followers and the following list, eliminating the need to build a community from scratch.
- It allows users to follow and connect directly with their favourite creators and others who love the same things — or build loyal followers of their own to share their ideas, opinions, and creativity with the world.
- Threads is closely connected with Instagram, and will likely experience similar character features of 125 caption characters, 150 characters for Bio, and 30 characters for user name.
- It may likely not face reading limits but action limits of 500 actions a day (including following, unfollowing, and liking).
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