Meta launches Instagram Threads in a direct challenge to Twitter
July 7, 2023 - PatialaPolitics
Meta launches Instagram Threads in a direct challenge to Twitter
Threads is a spin-off app from Instagram that focuses on conversations rather than visual content. You can log in with your Instagram account and share text updates and join public discussions. The app resembles the Instagram comment section in its design, but offers the features of Twitter, such as replying and re-sharing posts. You can create posts with up to 500 characters (more than Twitter’s 280), links, up to 10 photos, and videos up to 5 minutes long.
You can’t edit threads. Unlike Twitter, Threads does not seem to use hashtags and does not have a trending section
Threads taps into Instagram’s existing 2.35 billion-strong userbase instead of building from the ground up, like other Twitter competitors.