Threads isn’t just the latest Twitter alternative; it’s the microblogging platform’s biggest threat to date. But will Mark Zuckerberg’s and Meta’s newest product live up to the hype?
“Feels like the beginning of something special, but we've got a lot of work ahead to build out the app,” he wrote.Here are my first impressions of the app — the good and the bad — as well as what Meta says is in store for it.If you’re already on Instagram, signing up for Threads is a breeze. It uses your same log-in and handle.
If you tend to be too long-winded for Twitter, you might enjoy that posts on Threads can be up to 500 characters long, as opposed to 280 on Musk’s platform. You can also include photos and videos up to 5 minutes in length. There are also parental controls, options for inviting friends, privacy and notifications settings, and more.Threads is light on the sort of features social media users have grown accustomed to, although, again, Meta says improvements are on the way.
Also, because Threads is technically an Instagram spinoff, I repeatedly found myself being bounced over to the Instagram app while perusing Threads’ settings and then hitting the back button, a frustrating user experience, to say the least. Spectrum News reached out to Meta on Thursday to ask about which other features specifically are in development, but a spokesperson did not share anything beyond what the company had already said publicly.
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