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Meta’s Threads surges to 320m users amid growing popularity
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Threads to launch web version

Threads, X’s major rival, will launch a web version of the app soon, Wall Street Journal reported. The change was disclosed by Instagram’s CEO, Adam Mosseri, on Friday and he claimed that internal testing had already begun, according to the WSJ Before, users had to use their smartphones in order to access all of the […]

Meta’s Threads surges to 320m users amid growing popularity
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Threads users to verify accounts using Mastodon profile

Meta on Wednesday made a contribution to the fediverse by enabling you to validate your Threads profile on Mastodon. The company declared that it is introducing support for “rel=me” links, which allow two accounts to be related by pointing links at one another. Here’s how to validate your Mastodon Threads profile. It’s crucial to note […]

Meta's Threads hits 175m monthly users amid challenges
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Threads daily usage drops 80% – Report

Threads, Meta’s Twitter counterpart, is having trouble retaining users as its daily active user count has decreased by roughly 45% since its launch according to reports. Threads became the fastest-growing app ever created when it surpassed 100 million users just a few days after its release. Within hours of its launch, Threads had more users […]

Meta's Threads app introduces live sports scores feature
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Threads to launch desktop version

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, is determined to give its newest social media platform, Threads, a fighting chance in the competitive market. The move comes after CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the app faced a significant decline, losing over 50% of its users since its launch. Threads initially made waves, becoming the fastest-growing […]

Facebook to shut down news tab in US, Australia
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Meta considers strategies to ‘hook’ users on Threads

Executives at Meta are putting a lot of effort into increasing Threads user retention after the app lost more than half of its users in the weeks following its launch. Despite being “not perfect,” user retention on the text-based app was better than executives had anticipated, according to Zuckerberg, who was addressing at an internal […]

TikTok shuts down on Sunday unless Apple, Google halts removal from stores
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TikTok rivals Threads with new text post feature

Popular social media platform, TikTok, has unleashed a revolutionary text-based content feature, expanding creative possibilities for its vibrant community. In addition to photos and videos, creators now have the power to share thoughts, ideas, and stories through text-based posts. This game-changing move elevates TikTok’s content creation to new heights, providing a dedicated space for the […]

Threads introduces rate limit to curb spam attacks
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Threads introduces rate limit to curb spam attacks

Twitter’s latest rival, Instagram’s Threads, announced on Monday that it has tightened rate limits due to spam attacks. Instagram head Adam Mosseri explained the spam problem in a post on the Threads saying, “Spam attacks have picked up so we’re going to have to get tighter on things like rate limits, which is going to […]

Meta's Threads hits 175m monthly users amid challenges
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Meta blocks access to Threads through VPN – Report

Meta’s Threads app, has disclosed its preventing access to the platform with the use of a virtual private network. According to Techcrunch, the disclosure is coming after receiving numerous complaints from users in the EU who were unable to access the platform. Threads was recently released by Meta, however, due to privacy issues, it is […]

Meta to temporarily shut down Threads in Turkey
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Meta to add branded content tools to Threads

Meta’s Instagram intends to integrate its branded content tools with Threads, according to Reuters. While advertising is not available, these technologies will assist advertisers in collaborating with influencers on paid partnerships on the social media site. The announcement follows Threads, largely regarded as Elon Musk’s Twitter’s rival, reaching 100 million users in a record-breaking five […]

Meta platforms restored after hour-long global outage
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Meta platforms restored after hour-long global outage

Meta Platforms, the parent company of popular social media apps Instagram and Facebook, as well as messaging app WhatsApp and Twitter competitor, Threads, is reportedly back after a global outage. The platform experienced a temporary outage on Monday, affecting thousands of users. According to Downdetector.com, the outage lasted over an hour and impacted approximately 14,000 […]

Threads introduces rate limit to curb spam attacks
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Meta to label government account on Threads

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has revealed its plans to label government-affiliated accounts on its newly launched Twitter-like platform, Threads, according to an executive’s statement during an Australian inquiry on foreign interference. Meta’s head of public policy for Australia, Josh Machin, expressed the company’s intentions to implement labels for state-affiliated media […]

Meta's Threads hits 175m monthly users amid challenges
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Threads dethrones ChatGPT, reaches 100m users in five days

ChatGPT achieved a previously unheard-of rate of growth of reaching 100 million users in just two months, however since its launch on July 6, Threads has racked up a staggering 100 million users in only five days, according to data tracking company Quiver Quantitative. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, said that the response from users […]