Meta's Threads App Takes on Twitter with 30 Million Users on Day One: Will It Be the Ultimate Social Media Showdown?
On its first day of launch, Meta's newly introduced Threads app garnered a staggering thirty million users, according to Mark Zuckerberg, the company's chief. Positioned as a "friendly" rival to Twitter, which was acquired by Elon Musk in October, Threads has the potential to attract discontented Twitter users who are unhappy with recent changes on the platform. Threads offers users the ability to post messages of up to 500 characters and incorporates many features similar to Twitter. Zuckerberg emphasised the importance of maintaining a "friendly" platform, which he believes will be the key to its success. However, Musk responded by stating that he preferred being attacked by strangers on Twitter rather than indulging in the "false happiness" of Instagram, which is known for its aesthetic focus. When asked whether Threads would surpass Twitter in popularity, Zuckerberg expressed confidence in the app's potential, stating that while it may take