Meta did a limited rollout of Threads yesterday as a direct competitor to Twitter. Users can post text, images and videos up to 5 minutes long and like, comment and re-share other people’s posts.
And despite limited availability, the first 7 hours after the platform launched saw 10 million people sign up, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has revealed. This is the latest update on his page, as the previous two revealed 2 million signups for the first 2 hours and reaching 5 million in 4 hours.
A quick calculation reveals that between 250 and 350 people from more than 100 countries register every second. The number likely would have been higher if Threads had launched in the European Union, but regulators confirmed yesterday that Meta is still working on making the new service GDPR compliant and users in the EU will have to wait a while before registering. the platform.
Threads isn’t just aiming to be an alternative to Musk’s Twitter, Zuckerberg argues. It will soon be compatible with the open ActivityPub protocol, which means it will be interoperable with Mastodon and WordPress, allowing for new types of connections between people that aren’t possible on today’s popular social media apps.
Threads is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, as well as on desktop at threads.net. The easiest way to connect is with your existing Instagram account and username. The service itself will soon receive more features, such as suggested posts, a more robust search function, and easier navigation to follow real-life trends, similar to hashtags.
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