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Threads vs Twitter: Why is Instagram taking on Elon Musk? Adam Mosseri reveals the truth
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Threads vs Twitter: Why is Instagram taking on Elon Musk? Adam Mosseri reveals the truth

[ad_1] The timing of the launch of Threads could not be any better. On Saturday, Elon Musk announced the decision to put a rate limit on the number of tweets viewed by users per day - something that has been seemingly revoked in a hurry. The decision, which was taken temporarily to curb “extreme data scrapping”, was met with an uproar, and the days following saw a big spike in incoming users on alternative platforms like Mastodon and Bluesky. It could be that Threads also wanted to take a big piece of that pie and that's why it preponed its own launch schedule, but just buy a few hours. However, the real reason runs far deeper. Adam Mosseri has revealed why Threads was created in the first place and why Meta-owned Instagram has decided to take on Elon Musk's social media platform.In an ...