07/06/2023

Threads Surges to 30 Million Users, Zuckerberg Says of Twitter Rival

The app appeared to function similarly to Twitter

Instagram’s answer to Twitter, the Threads app, has attracted 30 million sign-ups by Thursday morning, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said, as he argued that the new platform could transform the social media industry.

"Feels like the beginning of something special, but we've got a lot of work ahead to build out the app," Zuckerberg said in a post on the app.

The launch of Meta's free app comes as Twitter, which has been dramatically transformed by Elon Musk since he purchased it last year, introduced "emergency" measures to limit users' experience on the platform.

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