• Will Threads be the real Twitter killer?

    PUBLIC DEFENDER

    Brian Livingston

    By Brian Livingston

    The parent company of Facebook and Instagram — Meta Platforms — launched this month Threads, a Twitter-like social network. It looks like the first serious contender to knock Twitter off its perch.

    Unlike other Twitter competitors — Mastodon, Bluesky, Truth Social, and many more — Threads has already attracted a gigantic audience. The Threads app for iOS and Android surpassed 100 million users in just its first five days. That makes it the fastest-growing app ever, besting ChatGPT, which required two months to hit the same mark.

    Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.30.0, 2023-07-24).