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Threads app now has more daily users than X

05/03/202405/02/2024 Stephanie Beck

Zuckerberg’s microblogging application is now more popular than former Twitter Meta’s newest social media platform, the Threads app, has recently overtaken X (formerly known as Twitter) in terms of its daily active users in the United States. The achievement was initially noted in December 2023 It was the Apptopia data intelligence firm that first observed that the Threads app had more daily active users (DAUs) than the X social media platform. “Threads DAUs in the US passed X in December 2023 and it has not looked back,” said Apptopia vice…

Apple ordered to remove WhatsApp from the App Store in China

04/24/202404/23/2024 Stephanie Beck

The iPhone maker has removed the popular messaging application from the shop in the country Apple has announced that it has been required to remove the WhatsApp messaging application by Meta from the App Store in China in order to comply with regulations issued by Beijing. The Threads application was also required to be removed Both WhatsApp and Threads were taken down from the App Store when Apple received an order from Chinese authorities to do so. Officials from the country cited national security concerns without any additional details regarding…

Meta social media network Threads rolls out its own hashtags

12/13/202312/15/2023 John Montgallo

Threads social media - no hashtag symbol

The company started to roll out the tags but without the need to use the hash symbol. Threads, the Meta social media network many people view as an alternative to X (formerly known as Twitter), has announced that it is rolling out tags for posts, without the need for the hash symbol as is the case with hashtags on other platforms. Users will be able to choose only a single tag in order to avoid trends toward tag spam. The social media platform first started testing the new tagging feature…

Threads users underwhelmed by Follows tab update

07/24/202307/21/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

The app’s first update looked like a useful tool but ended up disappointing many of its users. The first significant update to the Threads app is a new Follows tab, which at first looked as though it would be something quite appealing to users but ended up being a letdown to many. The update merely provided users with a filter allowing them to be able to see all their new followers. When users first saw the new Follows tab update, many had assumed that it would provide a much wanted…

Will the Threads app really be the ‘friendly’ place Meta says it will?

07/13/202307/12/2023 L. Green

Threads app - Person smiling using phone

As millions of users continue to download the application, it is unclear what shape it will take. Mark Zuckerberg has given his official pitch of Meta’s new Threads app – the company’s alternative to Twitter – promising that it will be a “friendly” place users can enjoy for public online discourse. This markets the application as a distinctly different experience from its rival Twitter. Twitter, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has earned a reputation as a place where anger is heavy, and arguments and trolling are a regular occurrence. If…