2023-07-07 18:54:03
Threads, the new app that bears the Instagram stamp and therefore that of Meta, like Facebook or WhatsApp, surpassed 30 million downloads in a single day and has become the best debut of all time for a social network or platform of contents.
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According to international media, in its first two hours the application reached two million users, according to Mark Zuckerberg, who defined the app as “a public space for conversation”, which “takes the best parts of Instagram to create a new experience with text, ideas and whatever comes to your mind”.
The rest of the day, Zuckerberg gave small previews of how his new project was progressing: five million new users in four hours, 10 million in one working day… And so on, up to the first 30 million. Today it already exceeds 30 million, among which are Shakira or Kim Kardashian, among other good number of famous people attracted by the novelty.
One of the biggest phenomena in mobile history, it got 800,000 users on its first day in the United States (Threads, available in more than 100 countries, hasn’t made it to Europe yet, supposedly while Meta is looking at how to fit it into our privacy laws). privacy). Instagram, the “mother” of Threads (actually they have little to do with it), took two and a half months to reach a million users, although those were other times.
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According to international publications, Twitter threatened Meta with a lawsuit after the successful launch of Threads, its direct rival, in what is perhaps the clearest sign yet that the Elon Musk-owned platform sees the new app. as a competitive threat.
A lawyer representing Twitter has reportedly sent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter accusing the company of stealing trade secrets through the hiring of former Twitter employees.
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