Meta's Twitter-rival social media platform Threads is now available

Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has launched its new social media platform Threads, a rival to Twitter. In a statement from Meta, it was reported that Threads is a new application created by the Instagram team for sharing text content and participating in public chats. The statement reported that users can log in to the new platform through their Instagram accounts. The statement noted that the character limit on the new platform is 500, and that links, photos, and 5-minute videos can also be shared. The statement reported that Threads is available for iOS and Android in more than 100 countries, and that the application can be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play Store in these countries. More than 2 million people signed up in the first 2 hours Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg used the phrase "Let's do this. Welcome to Threads" in his first post from the official Threads account. Zuckerberg stated that Threads' vision is to create an open and friendly public space for conversation, and that they hope to take what Instagram does best and create a new experience around text, ideas, and discussing what's on people's minds. "Threads surpassed 2 million members in the first 2 hours," Zuckerberg shared.