Twitter vs Thread: Mark Zuckerberg has launched a new Threads app to compete with Twitter, the micro-blogging platform owned by Elon Musk. Threads is the text sharing version of Instagram, the photo + video sharing platform of Mater. You can sign-in to it with your Instagram credentials and keep your username, followers and verification badge. In terms of design, this app is similar to Twitter. It is an app based on Instagram. This may increase the trouble of Twitter.
5 million sign ups in 4 hours
This Instagram app crossed 2 million sign ups within just 2 hours of its launch. At the same time, this number reached 50 lakhs in just 4 hours. Mark Zuckerberg’s app is expected to give tough competition to Elon Musk’s app Twitter. According to the Instagram blog post, Apple and Google Android are available in the App Store in more than 100 countries. This means that now users can start using Threads by installing it from Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
Thread can collect personal information
Security questions are being raised about Meta’s new app thread. According to the data privacy information available in the App Store, Threads may collect health, money, contacts, browsing and searching, location, purchases, and users’ sensitive and personal information. Sharing a screenshot of information about Threads in the App Store, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey tweeted, “All your threads belong to us.” Elon Musk wrote in response to this tweet – Yes.