{"id":1964024,"date":"2023-07-04T13:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T17:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-to-launch-new-app-to-rival-twitter\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:53:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T17:53:27","slug":"meta-to-launch-new-app-to-rival-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-to-launch-new-app-to-rival-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta is set to release a new app that will directly compete with Twitter."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeta-to-launch-new-app-to-rival-twitter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1964024&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA \u2013 APRIL 28: A sign is posted in front of Meta headquarters on April 28, 2022 in Menlo Park, California.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/noah-herring\">Noah Herring<\/a><br \/>10:49 AM \u2013 Tuesday, July 4, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Meta, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-suspends-demonetizes-one-america-news-network\/\" title=\"YouTube Suspends, Demonetizes One America News Network\">parent company<\/a> of Facebook and Instagram, is set to launch a new \u201cconversation app\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">called<\/a> \u201cThreads\u201d on Thursday to compete with Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Threads, which has appeared on Apple\u2019s App Store, is advertised as a \u201ctext-based conversation app\u201d that is linked to Instagram.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThreads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what\u2019ll be trending tomorrow,\u201d the listing said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Instagram users will reportedly be able to keep their usernames and follow the same accounts on the new app.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A tweet from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey showed a screenshot from the App Store\u2019s privacy section to show what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-china-is-stealing-dna-of-u-s-citizens\/\" title=\"Report: China is Stealing DNA of U.S. Citizens\">personal information<\/a> could be collected. <strong>\u201cAll your Threads belong to us,\u201d<\/strong> Dorsey said in the tweet. Twitter CEO Elon Musk responded to the tweet with, <strong>\u201cyeah.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as some people have been critical of Twitters new viewing limits. On Saturday, Musk revealed that users would only be able to read 600 tweets a day, which he then revised to 1000. Verified users would be able to see up to 10,000 tweets a day.<\/p>\n<p>Musk argued that the move was to deter <strong>\u201cextreme levels of data scraping.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Next month, Twitter will also introduce Tweetdeck, a web application with advanced search and posting function, that will be available to Twitter Blue subscribers only.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meta\u2019s new app gives a nod to its main rival through its name. A thread, or a linked series of tweets, was a key feature that was introduced to Twitter in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new app comes as Musk and Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, have verbally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/tech-ceos-elon-musk-and-mark-zuckerberg-agree-to-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agreed to fight<\/a> each other in the octagon. The two rivals have not set a date or a location, but Elon Musk has reportedly taken the fight seriously as he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/elon-musk-accepts-offer-to-train-with-ufc-legend-for-potential-fight-against-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called upon UFC legend<\/a> Georges St-Pierre to train him for the potential bout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Joshua Coleman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Ryan Helfenbein<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Tom Maoli<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with A.J. Hurley<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) -Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter has put a temporary limit on the number of tweets that users can see each day, a move\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) -Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter has put a temporary limit on the number of tweets that users can see each day, a move\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Martin Coulter (Reuters) -Meta Platforms plans to launch a Twitter-rivalling microblogging app called Threads, days after Twitter boss Elon Musk attracted\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Martin Coulter (Reuters) -Meta Platforms plans to launch a Twitter-rivalling microblogging app called Threads, days after Twitter boss Elon Musk attracted\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will soon introduce a new &#8220;conversation app&#8221; named &#8220;Threads.&#8221; This development was announced by OAN&#8217;s Noah Herring on July 4, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2055,"featured_media":1964025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1964024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2055"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1964025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}