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Meta officially launches Twitter competitor Threads

Instagram team has developed new app with 500-character limit for posts

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 06 Jul 2023 11:01AM

Meta officially launches Twitter competitor Threads
According to Meta, posts on Threads can be up to 500 characters in length and can include links, photos, and videos that are up to five minutes long. – AFP pic, July 6, 2023

WASHINGTON – Facebook’s parent company Meta officially launched Threads, its text-based Twitter competitor, today.

Built by the Instagram team, the new app aims to provide a platform for real-time online conversations and sharing text updates.

According to the company, posts can be up to 500 characters in length and can include links, photos, and videos that are up to five minutes long.

“We are working toward making Threads compatible with the open, interoperable social networks that we believe can shape the future of the internet,” said Meta as reported by Anadolu Agency.

In a Threads post, Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg said the new app’s vision is to create an option and friendly public space for conversation.

“We hope to take what Instagram does best and create a new experience around text, ideas, and discussing what’s on your mind,” he wrote.

Threads is available in more than 100 countries for iOS and Android, it added. – Bernama, July 6, 2023

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