New social media platform to compete with Twitter from Meta: Threads

Twitter is a very popular social network both in our country and in the world. However, after tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who tops the list of the world’s richest people, applications that cause user reactions are on the agenda. As you remember, after Musk bought Twitter for a record amount, he began a paid membership period on the platform and was heavily criticized. In recent days, Elon Musk announced that there was a restriction on the use of various functions on the platform, especially viewing tweets, and then a step back was taken from the reactionary application.

In a word, Twitter, which has millions of users around the world, has been on the agenda lately with very interesting news that users do not like. Naturally, various social media platforms such as Twitter have been very popular lately. In this direction, Meta, which includes social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, has announced that its new Twitter-like application will be available in the coming days: Threads. Let’s look at the details together.

Twitter, one of the most popular social media platforms in the world, is on the agenda for apps that are responsive lately.

In particular, the apps that Elon Musk has implemented or is planning to implement after the Twitter purchase is getting a reaction from many Twitter users. For this reason, various social media platforms such as Twitter are also very popular in recent days.

Various platforms such as Mastodon, Bluesky and Truth Social claim to compete with Twitter.

For example, after the recently imposed restrictions on Twitter, Bluesky announced that they received “record traffic”. In other words, as Elon Musk’s reactionary practices continue, Twitter could lose a significant portion of its users to competing platforms. With Mark Zuckerberg included in the equation, that possibility is not far off…

Meta, which includes popular platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, has announced that a social media platform similar to Twitter will be available in the coming days.

The platform developed by Mark Zuckerberg’s tech company is called Threads. It is stated that the platform, which also takes its place in the Apple App Store, will be offered to users on Thursday, July 6. However, some details about the platform have also been announced.

Threads has an interface similar to Twitter.

However, Meta describes the platform as a “text chat app”. In an introductory article on the App Store of the platform, which is supposed to be free and will not have any restrictions on the number of shares, “Threads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the issues that concern them today to those that will set the agenda for tomorrow.» statements included.

Streams, like other apps from Meta, will be able to access a lot of data such as location and web history on mobile phones.

On the other hand, it is argued that Threads could become a serious competitor to Twitter. There are several plausible reasons for this expectation.

Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg is known for successfully integrating features from various social media platforms into his own products.

For example, Instagram’s Reels feature is known to have been inspired by TikTok, while the story feature was inspired by Snapchat and included on Instagram. However, Meta also has the financial strength to compete with Twitter. For this reason, it is argued that a new platform called Threads could lead to the start of a very troubled period for Twitter.

On the other hand, the technical capabilities provided by Meta’s already popular social media platforms could put Threads in an advantageous position in the Musk-Zuckerberg competition.

Threads that will be offered to users who claim to compete with Twitter will work in integration with Instagram.

This way, the app will be able to match millions of Instagram accounts around the world. Thus, Threads will not have to “start from scratch”, unlike other platforms, on the way to overthrow Twitter.

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