Threads Garners Over 70 Million Users By Second Day

Bloomberg News reports:

Meta Platforms Inc.’s new social media app Threads has garnered 70 million users in just two days after its launch, a sign of enthusiasm that Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said was “way beyond our expectations.”

Threads launched on Wednesday as an alternative to Elon Musk’s Twitter, which had 237.8 million users as of July 2022, but has also been beset by controversy.

On Threads, which closely resembles Twitter’s look, people can post text and links and reply to or repost messages from others. The app will let users port over their existing follower lists and account names from Instagram.

Read the full article. While Threads doesn’t yet have many of the features that Twitter does, they appear to be aggressively removing anti-vax and anti-LGBTQ posts.

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