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Threads: An early reading list

Threads, Meta’s Twitter alternative, to launch July 6

Threads is the newest platform to challenge Twitter, which has upset many users and advertisers under Elon Musk’s leadership.

https://searchengineland.com/threads-meta-launch-july-6-429017

How to sign up to Threads

For all those tired of the bird app.

https://mashable.com/article/threads-how-to-sign-up

Meta’s Threads Is Here. What to Know and How to Use It

A quick guide to the new app, which rolled out in more than 100 countries on Thursday.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/metas-threads-is-here-what-to-know-and-how-to-use-it/

How to change your Threads feed to accounts you actually follow

Arrived at a party where you don’t know a soul? You can change the settings.

Threads passes 10M sign-ups in first 7 hours

Threads: We Don’t Want to “Hang Out With Everybody.” Sometimes, We Want To Leave.

Threads: We Don’t Want to “Hang Out With Everybody.” Sometimes, We Want To Leave.

Meta’s Threads app is a privacy nightmare that won’t launch in EU yet

Meta’s Threads app is a privacy nightmare that won’t launch in EU yet

Meta unspools Threads

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri on the company’s big new swing at Twitter

https://www.platformer.news/p/meta-unspools-threads

Welcome to Threads, Zuckerberg’s friendly internet utopia where everyone gets along while watching Twitter crash and burn

Zuckerberg’s “Twitter killer” Threads wins 10m users within hours of launch. Musk whines about the “false happiness of hide-the-pain Instagram”

https://boingboing.net/2023/07/06/zuckerbergs-twitter-killer-threads-wins-10m-users-within-hours-of-launch-musk-whines-about-the-false-happiness-of-hide-the-pain-instagram.html

Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says

Threads’ big attraction is its link to Instagram, but it is missing most of the app’s biggest accounts despite some influencers being given early access

https://www.businessinsider.com/threads-missing-most-of-instagrams-most-followed-accounts-so-far-2023-7

Twitter competitor Threads won’t let you delete your account unless you also delete Instagram

Remember to read the fine print before you rush to sign up.

Threads, Meta’s Twitter rival, is tracking you in all sorts of ways

All your data is belong to Meta.

Meta previously launched an app called Threads but it was more focused on beating Snapchat than being a Twitter killer

Mark Zuckerberg is sassing Elon Musk non-stop on Meta’s Threads, throwing out punch after punch about Twitter’s fails

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Threads: The New Instagram App Reaches 30 Million Users

Threads, an Instagram app, has reached 30 million users within 24 hours. Find out more about the new Twitter alternative from Meta.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/threads-instagram-app/490812/#close

Deleting Threads Is the Least of Your Meta Privacy Concerns

Even if you can eventually separate Threads from Instagram, there will still be issues with using Meta’s apps.

https://lifehacker.com/deleting-threads-is-the-least-of-your-meta-privacy-conc-1850616557

How Threads’ Privacy Policy Compares to Twitter’s (and Its Rivals’)

Here’s what personal data is collected by Meta’s Threads, as well as by Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social.

As Threads soars, Twitter rival Bluesky hits its first million installs

As Threads soars, Twitter rival Bluesky hits its first million installs

You can’t post ass, Threads is doomed

Instagram’s puritanical guidelines will keep Threads from truly replacing Twitter.

You can’t post ass, Threads is doomed

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