Threads, Meta’s Twitter competitor, is now live
Meta is taking on Twitter with a new app. Instagram today announced the anticipated launch of its text-based social networking app, Threads, which allows Instagram users to authenticate with their existing credentials in order to post short updates, including text up to 500 characters; links; photos; and videos up to 5 minutes in length.
UPDATE: Amassing 10 million signups in just seven hours. The only way to delete your profile is if you
Users can log in with their Instagram credentials, where their username and verification status will carry over. However, Threads profiles can be customized independently as well.
“Instagram for your thoughts”
Follow us on there: https://www.threads.net/@ysdwysd
While the Jack Dorsey–backed Twitter rival Bluesky has been growing in popularity in recent months, leveraging its own decentralized protocol, the AT Protocol, Instagram’s new app will soon offer support for ActivityPub — the same social networking protocol used by open-source Twitter rival Mastodon, along with other federated apps.
Once that takes effect, Threads will be able to broaden its reach, as Mastodon’s ecosystem engages 1.7 million active users. But we aren’t sure when exactly Threads will deliver this feature
The app is available now on the app store. You start dying when you stop dreaming.