Meta officially launches Twitter rival Threads. 10 million have joined already (edition.cnn.com)

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Facebook has tried to compete with Twitter in numerous ways over the years, including copying signature Twitter features such as hashtags and trending topics. But now Facebook’s parent company is taking perhaps its biggest swipe at Twitter yet.

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[-] GreatBigJerk@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

You still have to create a profile on Threads when you set it up. Instagram is waaaay bigger than just 10 million users.

[-] Bloonface@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

For context, Instagram has two BILLION users. Facebook has just shy of three billion.

Mastodon has a total of ten million.

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