TechSoftwareAppsThreads gets another free app update to welcome Elon Musk’s exesThe biggest rival to the service formerly known as Twitter teases big new featuresWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechSoftwareAppsThreads gets another free app update to welcome Elon Musk’s exesThe biggest rival to the service formerly known as Twitter teases big new featuresWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The biggest rival to the service formerly known as Twitter teases big new features
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(Image credit: Future)
(Image credit: Future)
Threads, Meta’s Twitter alternative, has updated its phone app again – but the update is more of a tease than an upgrade. According to the release notes, “you asked, we answered. New features coming, so keep an eye out as you browse the latest version of the app.” However, the new features are so far nowhere to be seen.
Many Threads users are hoping that the new feature being teased here is a “following” tab that would enable you to see posts from people you choose to follow rather than just random nonsense from brands and influencers. And a desktop app would be a big boost to the power users who post while working. But these features need to come soon: after the initial hype, Threads activity and user numbers have both plummeted.
That’s not great, especially as Threads isn’t the only service hoping to capture users fleeing the newly renamed X, formerly Twitter: TikTok is in there too.
What’s going on with TikTok and other Twitter rivals?
With Elon Musk doing pretty much everything imaginable todestroy Twitterother than actually taking an axe to the servers and burning down the building, there’s a big opportunity here for rivals – but all of them appear to have issues that are preventing them from simply swanning in and taking over where Twitter left off.
Threads lacks a chronological feed, something that both Bluesky and Mastodon offer, but those services have issues too:Blueskyis still invite-only and in the middle of controversy over its moderation, or lack thereof;Mastodonis facing a problem around dealing with illegal images of abuse, and fairly or unfairly has already developed a reputation for being less than welcoming to ordinary users. For many would-be X exes, it seems that there isn’t a single New Twitter to flee to just yet.
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