The new social media app Threads by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been downloaded by over 150 million users already. After the launch of Threads, it has been compared to and considered a rival to Elon Musk‘s Twitter.
The new app by Meta allows users to reply to or repost messages from other users, and post links too just like Twitter. Just when Mark Zuckerberg and Musk are having issues over Threads, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey took a dig at Mark Zuckerberg, who sent him a follow request on Threads.
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Data from Sensor Tower and Similarweb, have disclosed that Threads has witnessed a drop off in attention from users
The report says,
“We did see engagement drop somewhat over the weekend, and on Monday we estimate Threads had 36.6 million active users on Android,” “While there was intense interest in checking out the app initially, not every user has made a habit of visiting Threads as often as they might other social apps.”
Meanwhile, a Meta spokesperson told Gizmodo,
“While it’s early days, we’re excited about the initial success of Threads, which has surpassed our expectations. We launched the app just over a week ago, and our focus now is on ensuring stable performance, delivering new features, and continuing to improve the experience in the coming months.”
Many EU-based users have complained of facing issues in accessing Instagram’s Threads app through VPN. Responding to this issue, Meta soon confirmed that considering privacy concerns it is actually blocking such efforts. In a statement provided to TechCrunch, the company said,
“Threads is not currently available in most countries in Europe and we’ve taken additional steps to prevent people based there from accessing it at this time. Europe continues to be an incredibly important market for Meta and we hope to make Threads available here in the future”
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s snarky remark on Mark’s follow request to him on Threads
When Twitter founder Jack Dorsey received a follow request from Mark Zuckerberg on Threads, he shared it by posting a screenshot to Twitter, exposing Mark’s follow request to him. Jack made a sarcastic remark and wrote in the caption,
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“Too soon b”
Too soon b pic.twitter.com/uhD8ZkvdxB
— jack (@jack) July 16, 2023
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