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Ever since his Twitter takeover, Elon Musk has found new ways to get on the nerves of the platform’s users. This has given tons of users excuses to go try out other new and upcoming platforms. Of recent, a new competitor to Twitter, the Meta Threads app, briefly showed its face on the Google Play Store.
This has drawn the attention of various Twitter users considering new changes to the platform. A few days ago, Elon Musk took to his Twitter account to announce a change to the platform’s services that you can check out in this article. Most users on the platform have kicked against this change, labelling it as a means to force them behind a paywall.
Musk claims to promote free speech on Twitter, but still tries to impose fees on those wanting to share their thoughts. For this reason, most Twitter users are looking out to jump ship and board another vessel. Meta has seen this as an opportunity to scope up the angry tweeps leaving Twitter with their new app.
Available information on the Meta Threads app aiming to compete with Twitter
Taking to his Twitter account, a developer by the name of Alessandro Paluzzi showed off the Threads app on the Play Store. The app was only available on the Play Store for a while before it was taken down. But before it was taken down, Alessandro was able to take some screenshots to share with netizens.
From the screenshots, it is clear that this app will sync the user’s Instagram account to their Thread account. In other words, users would be able to log in with their Instagram username. This would be able to attract Instagram users to share their ideas more freely on a new platform without having to open a new account.
Users with Instagram accounts would also be able to connect with their followers on the Threads app. But unlike Instagram, this app will enable users to start conversations or make posts the way they would on Twitter. This involves, liking, commenting on, and sharing threads from other users across the platform.
Users can as well share images with write-ups and also join in on trending conversations. It turns out that this app has been in the works for a while now and will soon be available for public use. The Thread app would be the text-based Instagram platform for sharing your thoughts.
Even if you don’t have an Instagram account, Meta would let you create a Threads app account. So, if you are getting fed up with Twitter, you can anticipate the launch of this new social media platform. More information on the launch date of the Meta Threads app would be available in the coming weeks.
