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Threads will not get chronological search feature, says Instagram chief Adam Mosseri, cites bad actors
5Dec By adminNo Comments
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Threads will not get chronological search feature, says Instagram chief Adam Mosseri, cites bad actors

[ad_1] Threads took the world by storm when it launched on July 6 and it soon became the fastest platform ever to reach 100 million users, a feat that it took just 5 days to achieve. However, it has not been all smooth sailing for the platform. Moving past the initial days, Threads saw a drop in user engagement and traffic while facing competition from Elon Musk's X. To get the traction back, Meta has been introducing a lot of new features on Threads lately, including keyword search. However, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri recently revealed that Threads won't get one feature that X already has - chronological search. Here's why.Why Threads won't get chronological search?Just a few days ago, Mosseri took to Threads to announce the global rollout of keyword search on the platform. Below the ...
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What is Threads? All your questions about Meta’s new Twitter rival, answered
8Jul By adminNo Comments
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What is Threads? All your questions about Meta’s new Twitter rival, answered

[ad_1] Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live.The app, billed as the text version of Meta's photo-sharing platform Instagram, became available Wednesday night to users in more than 100 countries — including the U.S., Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan. Despite some early glitches, 30 million people had signed up before noon on Thursday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Threads. New arrivals to the platform include celebrities like Oprah, pop star Shakira and chef Gordon Ramsay — as well as corporate accounts from Taco Bell, Netflix, Spotify, the Washington Post and other media outlets. Threads, which Meta says provides "a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations," arrives at a time when many are looking for Twitter alternatives to e...
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Threads app first impressions: The good, the bad, and yes, there’s ugly too
7Jul By adminNo Comments
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Threads app first impressions: The good, the bad, and yes, there’s ugly too

[ad_1] It has been a long time since social media space has seen a revolution. Back in the late 90s, messengers used to be the popular hangout spots for early adopters of the internet. Yahoo! Messenger, MSN, and AOL dominated the scene and people would spend hours in chatrooms talking to others about their interests. Alongside, interest-based forums also rose in popularity where people would create discussion boards and talk about their shared hobbies such as gardening, wood-crafting, or book reading. But they were very one-dimensional and there wasn't much you could do.The first big revolution in social media space came with the launch of MySpace, Orkut, and Friendster in the early 2000s which allowed users to make profiles and interact at both individual as well as group levels. So, y...
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Twitter rival Threads leaked on Google Play! Is Instagram set to launch new platform?
2Jul By adminNo Comments
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Twitter rival Threads leaked on Google Play! Is Instagram set to launch new platform?

[ad_1] Instagram is rumoured to launch a Twitter-like text-based social media platform called 'Threads'. And it may have well have previewed it recently. A tipster named Alessandro Paluzzi took to his Twitter handle to announce that Instagram released the Threads app on Google Play Store. He has also shared a link to the Play Store, but the app is not available there any longer. However, Paluzzi also shared some screenshots that purportedly show glimpses of the app.So, how will Threads be different from Twitter? What features will it bring? The biggest change that is expected from Threads is that it will be a "... platform that is sanely run," The Verge quoted a top executive as telling employees. Considering that Twitter has had a roller-coaster ride for years and the same does not see...
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