Meta, a subsidiary of Facebook, has developed a new app called Threads to compete with Twitter, which will go live on Thursday.
A search done by BizWatch Nigeria shows that Threads was made available for pre-order on Monday on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store and the app will be linked to Instagram.
The new software, titled “Threads, an Instagram app,” will be launched in the coming days and is advertised in Apple’s app store as “Instagram’s text-based conversation app.”
According to Meta’s Threads app, it will be a free service with no limits on how many postings a user may access.
“Threads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what’ll be trending tomorrow. Whatever it is you’re interested in, you can follow and connect directly with your favorite creators and others who love the same things — or build a loyal following of your own to share your ideas, opinions and creativity with the world.,” according to the App Store description.
Threads timing
The launch of Threads comes at a time where Twitter users have been complaining about the decisions Elon and the limitations placed on daily views of tweets.
BizWatch Nigeria reported on July 2, 2023 the latest restriction to Twitter; the daily limit of tweets users can see. This move has been criticized by many of its users.
Elon said that Twitter will temporarily limit the number of tweets users could see every day, in an effort to limit the use of the site’s data by artificial intelligence firms.
Twitter has set a restriction of 6,000 tweets read per day for verified users. Non-verified users, or free accounts, which account for the vast majority of users, are limited to reading 600 tweets every day. New unverified accounts would have a tweet limit of 300.
Musk stated in a tweet on Saturday that the decision was made “to address extreme levels of data scraping” and “system manipulation” by third-party platforms, as certain users quickly reached their limitations.
A few of Twitter users moved to another app, another set in Nigeria called for a release of GB Twitter (an app which will bypass the restrictions) and BizWatch Nigeria foresees some of Twitter’s users downloading Threads.
Some persons have pre-ordered the app and are waiting for the launch on July 6, 2023. The world is watching for the launch to get a feel of the app.
