7 hours after its launch, Twitter rival-app, Threads registers 10m users

Threads skyrocketed in popularity within hours of its launch

7 hours after its launch, Twitter rival-app, Threads registers 10m users

 California: Threads, an application launched by Meta, the company that owns social networking platforms Facebook and Instagram, to compete with Twitter, set popularity records within hours of its launch, with more than 10 million users. Created their accounts.

 Meta decided several months ago to provide an alternative app to users dissatisfied with the policies of Twitter owner Elon Musk, which was launched today and in just the first 5 hours, 5 million users had created their accounts and two more. Hours later, the number crossed one crore.

 Some of its screenshots show that the dashboard is very similar to Twitter, which will work with a link to Instagram. It has been adapted into a text and chat style app that is sort of a Twitter replacement. There are two main factors behind this.

 First, Elon Musk's decisions have dealt a huge blow to the popular Twitter app. Even before this, many big personalities have left it and gone to the alternative app. Another important reason is that the conflict between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg has escalated to many levels.

 But Twitter has now imposed a verified account requirement for Twitter Deck as well, which will have some ramifications. Thanks to this, Elon Musk wants to attract more and more people towards subscription.

 In contrast, analysts believe Meta's 'Threads' app will be completely free, with no post and word limits.

 It should be noted that several Twitter-style apps have emerged and become increasingly popular, among them Truth Social and Mastodon. Also, an app called BlueSky has grown rapidly, but Twitter is still the most popular.