Twitter may be struggling to court advertisers, keep the site actually running, and prevent users from fleeing to eager competitors — but at least the Taliban likes it. On Monday, Anas Haqqani, a senior leader in the Taliban, praised Twitter in response to the launch of Meta’s Threads, a Twitter …
Read More »Disgraced Comedians Are Looking for a Second Chance on Threads
Threads, a brand-new social app from Instagram that bears more than a passing resemblance to Twitter, has already pulled in a massive user base, notching 50 million signups just a day after launch. The Silicon Valley shakeup is exacerbating tensions between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, with attorneys for the …
Read More »As Twitter Falters, Threads Surpasses 5 Million Sign Ups on Day One
Within four hours of launching Threads, Mark Zuckerberg posted that 5 million people had registered on the platform. The Twitter competitor went live in the App Store on Wednesday, a day earlier than expected, and as users signed up in droves, Zuckerberg highlighted the milestone. “Just passed 5 million sign …
Read More »As Elon Musk Sets Twitter on Fire, Mark Zuckerberg's Threads Teases Launch
Last month, a tweet about Facebook developing a Twitter rival led to Mark Zuckerbergaccepting a cage match challenge from fellow tech billionaireElon Musk. As Twitter experienced one of the longest outages of the Musk era, Zuckerberg-owned Meta teased Instagram Threads — an app aimed to strike at the Chief Twit’s …
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