{"id":153067,"date":"2023-07-10T14:35:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T13:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=153067"},"modified":"2023-07-10T14:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T13:35:21","slug":"threads-records-100m-sign-ups-in-4-days-twitter-did-same-in-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/threads-records-100m-sign-ups-in-4-days-twitter-did-same-in-5-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Threads records 100m sign-ups in 4 days, Twitter did same in 5 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over one hundred million users have signed up on Threads, a text-based app, within four days of its launch.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On July 6, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, launched Threads to rival Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter.<\/p>\n

The launch comes days after Musk\u00a0announced\u00a0<\/b><\/a>that a temporary limit has been imposed on the number of posts users can read daily on Twitter.<\/p>\n

He said verified users will have access to 6,000 posts daily, while unverified and new users will be allowed to read 600 and 300 posts, respectively.<\/p>\n

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Following the launch of Threads, Twitter\u00a0threatened<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Zuckerberg with a lawsuit over \u201cthe unlawful misappropriation\u201d of its trade secrets.<\/p>\n

In the letter, Alex Spiro, Twitter\u2019s lawyer, described Threads as a \u201ccopycat\u201d and said that Meta had hired dozens of former Twitter employees who \u201chad and continue to have access to Twitter\u2019s highly confidential information\u201d.<\/p>\n

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However, Andy Stone, Meta spokesman, in his response to the allegation, said \u201cno one on the Threads engineering team is a former Twitter employee \u2013 that\u2019s just not a thing\u201d.<\/p>\n

Threads comes with features similar to those of Twitter, such as liking, reposting, and deciding who can reply to conversations.<\/p>\n

Users can also follow and connect with others who share similar interests, and build a loyal following of their own to share their ideas, opinions, and creativity with the world.<\/p>\n

However, the new app, unlike Twitter, does not have an edit button or a direct message (DM) feature. It is however superior in terms of word length \u2013 500 counts; and video length of 5 minutes.<\/p>\n

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Checks showed that it took Twitter five years<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to reach 100 million subscribers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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