Facebook parent Meta Platforms launch its new social media site "Threads" on Wednesday, and it swiftly took off with more than 5 million sign-ups within just a few hours of its launch, according to its CEO.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrated the platform’s launch, which came Wednesday evening in the U.S. with a new thread on the platform, saying: "Just passed 5 million sign ups in the first four hours…" Hours earlier, Zuckerberg said the app had gained 2 million sign-ups in the first two hours from its release.

Zuckerberg has embraced the idea that Meta’s new Twitter-like app would directly compete with Elon Musk's platform and the idea even prompted the tech CEOs to say they would settle their differences in a cage match.


Musk responded to the platform’s launch in several posts on his own platform, tweeting: "It is infinitely preferable to be attacked by strangers on Twitter, than indulge in the false happiness of hide-the-pain Instagram."

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Musk responded to the platform’s launch in several posts on his own platform, tweeting: "It is infinitely preferable to be attacked by strangers on Twitter, than indulge in the false happiness of hide-the-pain Instagram."

Elon Musk feeling the heat and becoming salty

Just signed up, bye Twitter

If it was a Nigerian company people won't sign up easily. We need to start promoting our own.

Social media frenzy. Who get the time.

All the best

Threads is just glorified Twitter+ Instagram clone



I'd stick with Mastodon

ZitaMall:
If it was a Nigerian company people won't sign up easily. We need to start promoting our own.

U thought Americans signed up because it was American?

It offered a value that was why

Musk responded to the platform’s launch in several posts on his own platform, tweeting: "It is infinitely preferable to be attacked by strangers on Twitter, than indulge in the false happiness of hide-the-pain Instagram."

Uppercut

mrvitalis:

U thought Americans signed up because it was American?

It offered a value that was why

Zuckerberg has embraced the idea that Meta’s new Twitter-like app would directly compete with Elon Musk's platform and the idea even prompted the tech CEOs to say they would settle their differences in a cage match.

Value in something Mark and Elon are competing about?

Thread will definitely do well due some policies in Twitter that are comfortable with the people.

helinues:




Value in something Mark and Elon are competing about?

Yes the competition is who gives the customers better value for their money or data

I've signed up already

Elon musk boys don Dey bomb am already 😂😭

ZitaMall:
If it was a Nigerian company people won't sign up easily. We need to start promoting our own.

nairaland would have represented us very well if not for the nepotistic and tribalists nature that seun adopted here. Lass lass mature people don leave nairaland for badly brought up kids looking for the slightest opportunity to insult their grandfather and mother.

blamingthedevil:


Elon Musk feeling the heat and becoming salty

Just signed up, bye Twitter

Link to download

Twitter will feel the heat and Thread might trend for few months…people will still stick to twitter

Nothing can displace twitter ...only if elon musk fuc k up as far as him no fuc k up nothing in this life fit displace twitter

blamingthedevil:


Elon Musk feeling the heat and becoming salty

Just signed up, bye Twitter

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