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Verification will also roll over to the new app. The app will then populate with their existing account details, like name, username, photo, and followers. To access Threads, users will first need to authenticate using their current Instagram login credentials. Over the years, the company has shut down numerous stand-alone apps, including Hello, Moves, Paper, Poke, Camera, Home, Slingshot, Rooms, Riff, Bolt, Lifestage, Groups, Stickered, Moments, Notify, Bonfire, Lasso, Novi and others, including Boomerang, Hyperlapse, Direct, IGTV, and Threads from Instagram, and virtually all its experiments from it internal incubator, NPE team, like BARS, E.gg, Forecast, Collab, Kit, Hobbi, Tuned and more. It’s worth noting, however, that Meta doesn’t have a good track record when it comes to building successful stand-alone apps.
We have yet to see whether Threads will catch on, though it’s certainly a great time for Meta to dip its toes into microblogging. Image Credits: Threads “Instagram for your thoughts” But Meta’s entry into the open decentralized social web has raised concerns that it’s planning to enact an “ embrace, extend and extinguish” strategy designed to allow it to dominate in this emerging market, similar to how Google took hold of web-based email. Flipboard, Medium, and owner Automattic have also invested in the Mastodon ecosystem amid the Twitter exodus. However, the choice also puts Threads in competition with other Mastodon clients, including indie apps like Ivory and the Mozilla-funded Mammoth. If that ever happens, you should be able to take your audience with you to another server. “If you’re wondering why this matters, here’s a reason: you may one day end up leaving Threads, or, hopefully not, end up de-platformed. We weren’t able to finish it for launch given a number of complications that come along with a decentralized network, but it’s coming,” Instagram head Adam Mosseri said before launch. “We’re committed to building support for ActivityPub, the protocol behind Mastodon, into this app. But we aren’t sure when exactly Threads will deliver on this feature. Once that takes effect, Threads will be able to broaden its reach, as Mastodon’s ecosystem engages 1.7 million active users. While the Jack Dorsey–backed Twitter rival Bluesky has been growing in popularity in recent months, leveraging its own decentralized protocol, the AT Protocol, Instagram’s new app will soon offer support for ActivityPub - the same social networking protocol used by open source Twitter rival Mastodon, along with other federated apps. Further leaks offered more details about the app’s target market of high-profile celebrities, influencers and artists, and its planned feature set. In June, Meta previewed the app to employees during a company-wide meeting. The app’s existence was first scooped by Mone圜ontrol this March and later confirmed by Platformer. However, Threads profiles can be customized independently as well. Users can log in with their Instagram credentials, where their username and verification status will carry over.
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Instagram today announced the anticipated launch of its text-based social networking app, Threads, which allows Instagram users to authenticate with their existing credentials in order to post short updates, including text up to 500 characters links photos and videos up to 5 minutes in length.Īt launch, Threads is available on iOS and Android in 100 countries, though not in the EU, reportedly due to concerns around adhering to local data privacy regulations. Meta is taking on Twitter with a new app.
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