{"id":1980919,"date":"2023-07-23T19:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T23:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/threads-the-would-be-twitter-killer-may-already-be-gasping-for-air\/"},"modified":"2023-07-23T19:09:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T23:09:48","slug":"threads-the-would-be-twitter-killer-may-already-be-gasping-for-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/threads-the-would-be-twitter-killer-may-already-be-gasping-for-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Threads, the potential &#8216;Twitter Killer,&#8217; might already be struggling to survive."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fthreads-the-would-be-twitter-killer-may-already-be-gasping-for-air%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=1980919&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--><h2>Threads: The Failed Twitter Killer<\/h2>\n<p>When Meta introduced its new \u2064social media site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/meta-to-release-new-app-threads-to-compete-with-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Threads<\/a> to compete\u2063 with\u200b Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kids-struggling-with-gender-identity-need-their-parents-more-not-less\/\" title=\"Kids Struggling With Gender Identity Need Their Parents More, Not Less\">supporters dubbed<\/a> it \u2062the &#8220;Twitter Killer.&#8221; However,\u2064 Threads is now\u2063 on life support as usage of \u2062the platform continues to plummet.<\/p>\n<p>According \u2063to\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/threads-user-engagement-continues-to-drop-adding-urgency-for-new-features-8ed2f384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, \u2063Thread&#8217;s daily\u200c user engagement has dropped to around 13 million members, a staggering 70% decrease from its peak on July 7. Additionally, users of the iOS and Android apps are \u200cspending an average of just four minutes per day on Threads. In comparison, Twitter boasts around \u200d200 million daily users, with an\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-outside-of-school-americas-teens-average-70-hours-per-week-glued-to-screens\/\" title=\"Study: Outside Of School, America\u2019s Teens Average 70 Hours Per Week Glued To Screens\">average time spent<\/a> on the app of 30 minutes per day, according to web analytics firm\u2063 SimilarWeb.<\/p>\n<p>Threads was seen as a beacon of hope for liberals who\u2062 were dissatisfied with Twitter&#8217;s lack \u200bof \u2062censorship under &#8220;Chief Twit&#8221; Elon Musk. They believed that Facebook&#8217;s\u2064 new sister platform would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/threads-the-would-be-twitter-killer-may-already-be-gasping-for-air\/\" title=\"Threads, the potential 'Twitter Killer,' might already be struggling to survive.\">actively censor information<\/a> that was inconvenient to the Democrat-Media Complex. However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wash-post-low-wage-employers-struggle-after-cheap-labor-bubble-bursts\/\" title=\"Wash Post: Low-Wage Employers Struggle After 'Cheap-Labor Bubble' Bursts\">flawed business model<\/a> and\u2062 the endorsement from CNBC&#8217;s Jim Cramer should have been clear signs that \u2064Threads was destined to fail.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meta&#8217;s new Threads \u200dhas been \u200cendorsed by\u2062 CNBC&#8217;s Jim Cramer.<\/p>\n<p>And just like that it&#8217;s all over.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I say game, set, match Zuckerberg\u2026.Facebook, Instagram \u2063is a really terrific product and Twitter \u200dis\u200c awful.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zJW7uK1e1n\">pic.twitter.com\/zJW7uK1e1n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1676695464404733952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ironically, Twitter&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/musk-and-skeleton-crew-take-on-problem-ousted-twitter-employees-ignored-child-exploitation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death<\/a> has been predicted and even\u200c hoped\u200d for by some \u2063ever \u2062since Elon Musk acquired it. Musk&#8217;s\u200d defense \u200cof free\u2062 speech earned him the scorn of Legacy Media and the Left. \u200cHowever, there is\u2062 no indication that Twitter\u200b is going to die anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>Threads, on the other hand, seems to be hanging\u2062 on by a thread.<\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author&#8217;s own and do \u200dnot necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Meta launched &#8220;Threads&#8221; to rival Twitter, it was hailed as the &#8220;Twitter Killer.&#8221; However, the platform is now struggling, with usage plummeting. The Wall Street Journal revealed that daily user engagement for Threads stands at around 13 million members, a drastic decline of almost 70% from its initial numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1980920,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1980919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/1980919","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\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1980919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}