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Instagram Threads is here to crush Twitter
July 07, 2023
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The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss Meta's launch of Threads, a new competitor to Twitter. Later, Nilay Patel calls in to give his take.
Further reading:
- Instagram Threads: why Meta is competing with Twitter
- Meta unspools Threads
- Instagram’s Threads: everything you need to know about the new Twitter competitor
- Instagram’s Twitter competitor, Threads, briefly went live on the web
- Instagram Threads won’t be available in the EU at launch.
- People are posting a lot on Threads.
- Here’s how Twitter’s leadership is responding to Instagram Threads.
- Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko on what Threads means for the fediverse.
- Instagram flooded Threads with celebrities and brands at launch
- So what’s next for Threads? DMs “maybe...”
- Mark Zuckerberg on when Instagram Threads will get ads
- Spielberg, Scorsese, and Anderson have swooped in to save Turner Classic Movies
- Google confirms it’s training AI using scraped web data
- The TSA will use facial recognition in over 400 airports
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