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11Jul

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Threads to Add $8 Billion to Meta Annual Revenue by 2025, Analyst Says

[ad_1] It is still early days, but Meta Platforms Inc.'s latest app, Threads, could generate some serious cash for the social media giant in the next couple of years, according to Evercore ISI.Threads will reach close to 200 million daily active users and generate about $8 billion in annual revenue over next two years, Evercore ISI analysts led by Mark Mahaney estimate. It's off to a good start: Instagram's new app, designed as a direct rival to Elon Musk's Twitter, signed up 100 million users in the days since Meta launched the service last Wednesday. It's a fraction of the $156 billion average annual revenue analysts expect Meta to generate in fiscal 2025, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, but ahead of the $5.1 billion in sales and revenue Twitter earned in its last full year a...

Twitter rival Threads signs up 100 million users in five days

11Jul

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Twitter rival Threads signs up 100 million users in five days

[ad_1] The Threads app launched by Instagram as a rival to Twitter has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days, data tracking websites said on Monday, smashing the record of AI tool ChatGPT for fastest-growing consumer app.While ChatGPT took two months to hit the 100 million user mark and video-sharing app TikTok took nine months, Instagram itself took two and a half years to reach that mark after its 2010 launch. Threads went live on Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries on Wednesday and Thursday, though it is not available in Europe because parent company Meta is unsure how to navigate the European Union's data privacy legislation. Twitter is thought to have around 200 million regular users but it has suffered repeated technical failures since Tesla tycoon...

Twitter traffic takes a deep dive as Threads popularity explodes

10Jul

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Twitter traffic takes a deep dive as Threads popularity explodes

[ad_1] Twitter has been suffering from a series of issues lately with “data scraping and system manipulation” plaguing the platform. Since its acquisition by Elon Musk, people have been skeptical of the way Twitter is being run, and several eminent personalities such as Elton John and Jim Carrey have taken the extreme step of even quitting the platform. The microblogging site also suffered a big outage on July 1 with over 4000 people reporting problems like “Cannot retrieve tweets”, downdetector.com revealed. Add to that, Musk's penchant for making changes at the spur-of-the-moment that hamper subscribers in various ways. All this has affected Twitter's popularity and its traffic is dropping. And that will be a big worry for shareholders who would want to hold Musk accountable for it.Tw...

Amidst Twitter’s lawsuit threat to Threads, Elon Musk continues war of words with Mark Zuckerberg

10Jul

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Amidst Twitter’s lawsuit threat to Threads, Elon Musk continues war of words with Mark Zuckerberg

[ad_1] Elon Musk's war of words with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg continues to rage on following the launch of the new Twitter rival called Threads. Both Musk and Zuckerberg have been exchanging blows on their respective microblogging platforms with threats of lawsuits, cryptic posts, and even the possibility of a cage match. In this latest feud, Musk called the Meta CEO a “cuck” on Sunday, in response to a screenshot of Zuckerberg's reply to a post by the American fast food chain Wendy's on Threads.The official Threads handle of Wendy's posted on Sunday, “Hey @Zuck, you should go to space just to make him really mad lol”, to which the Meta CEO replied with a laughing emoji. Twitter user @fentasyl noticed the conversation and posted a screenshot of the same on Twitter, writing that Elon: Pr...

Meta’s Threads App ‘Positive’ Vibe Tested by Users Known for False Claims

9Jul

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Meta’s Threads App ‘Positive’ Vibe Tested by Users Known for False Claims

[ad_1] Since Meta Platforms Inc. launched Threads on Wednesday, millions of users have joined the new social platform that promises “positive, productive conversations” — an apparent swipe at the divisive rhetoric that is common on Twitter and other sites.That promise will be more difficult to keep as the app's popularity grows — it's so far drawn 70 million users. That early adopter list includes some connected to the spread of misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech on other sites, according to checks by Bloomberg, confirmed by independent researchers. Already, some of those users are testing the limits of the new app, making false claims about elections, casting doubts on vaccine safety, and hurling slurs at the LGBTQ community. “We're already seeing plenty of high-profile ac...

Threads app is not for news, politics? Then what is it? Instagram CEO surprises with answer

8Jul

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Threads app is not for news, politics? Then what is it? Instagram CEO surprises with answer

[ad_1] Instagram CEO, Adam Mosseri, has surprised everyone with his recent statemenet about the new Threads app He has indicated that Threads is not meant for news and politics. During a conversation with The Verge, Mosseri expressed that politics and hard news bring about too much scrutiny, negativity, and risks to the app's integrity.According to Mosseri, Threads will not actively promote or encourage politics and hard news. He believes that there are already plenty of vibrant communities on Instagram, such as those focused on sports, music, fashion, beauty, and entertainment, that don't require involvement in politics or hard news. Mosseri's perspective is likely influenced by his experience overseeing Facebook's News Feed. In recent times, the parent company of Instagram, Meta, has ...

What is Threads? All your questions about Meta’s new Twitter rival, answered

8Jul

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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...

Threads app first impressions: The good, the bad, and yes, there’s ugly too

7Jul

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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...

7Jul

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Want to delete your Threads profile? Be ready to sacrifice your Instagram account!

[ad_1] Threads has been the talk of the town since its big reveal on Thursday. It is Meta's “sane” answer to Elon Musk-owned Twitter. Threads claims to be an “open, civil place for people to have conversations”, and subscribers are already flocking to the platform in huge numbers. It had nearly 50 million users in just 24 hours. On the other hand, Twitter has been facing its own issues with outages and data scraping, which resulted in the microblogging platform temporarily limiting the number of tweets a user can view per day. While some of these limitations on the platform have since been lifted, it has still given many of its subscribers a reason to find alternative platforms to share their thoughts on.“Threads is perfectly capable of acquiring a large user base considering it's based...

Jack Dorsey takes a dig at Threads, says app wants 14 permissions to run on iPhones

7Jul

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Jack Dorsey takes a dig at Threads, says app wants 14 permissions to run on iPhones

[ad_1] Threads made its debut yesterday in over 100 countries and in just a couple of hours, it gained more than a million users and then rocketed past 30 million. That apart, there is a huge concern being expressed over how the new app is treating users' privacy. So much so that former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has taken a dig at it. In contrast, Twitter has over 200 million active users on a daily basis.Dorsey, who now heads Twitter rival Bluesky, posted a tweet about Threads saying, “All the Threads belong to us,” with a screenshot of permissions being asked by the app. Threads on iPhones require various permissions to run including health and fitness, which is concerning many individuals. The blatant manner in which it is being done is also a concern for many. Why are Threads app perm...