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Eight Things To Know About New App “Threads”
,,,,,On Wednesday, American business magnate and owner of Facebook and Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg, launched a new Twitter-like app called Threads.
Instagram’s Threads app, which went live on Apple and Android app,,,,,stores in 100 countries on Wednesday, will enable users to sign up straight from their Instagram accounts.
,,,,,,According to screenshots from the App Store listing, Threads will function like Twitter with text-based posts that can be liked, shared, and commented on.
The app is currently topping the chart as the most downloaded social networking app with over 100 million downloads within 24 hours, as announced by Zuckerberg.
…,…The developer of the Instagram text-based conversation app describes it as an app “where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what’ll be trending tomorrow.”
Here are 8 Things to know about Threads:
The Founder of the Threads App is businessman and tech mogul Mark Zuckerberg. He is known for co-founding the social media website Facebook and its parent company, Meta Platforms, of which he is the executive chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder
Threads will allow Users can post up to 500 characters on Threads, including links, photos, and videos running up to 5 minutes in length.
Users on Threads have the option of logging onto Threads using an active Instagram account, but they must be at least 12 years old to do so. (When people under the age of 16 or the age of 18 in some countries join Threads, their accounts by default have a secret profile.)
Threads will likely share the same features with Instagram, like having 125 caption characters, 150 characters for the bio, and 30 characters for the user name.
Users will be able to establish a loyal following of their own to share their thoughts, opinions, and creativity with the world, or follow and connect directly with their favorite creators and those who share their interests.
Threads might be subject to action constraints of 500 actions per day rather than reading limits.
According to a privacy statement provided on the app store, Threads may gather data from users linked to a wide range of categories, including health and fitness, finances, contact information, search history, and transactions, among others.
-8. Instead of starting from scratch, Threads will directly import users’ existing Instagram followers and the following list.
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