Meta's Threads: New Social Media To Watch Out For!

There is a new social media platform in town, or more like a Twitter alternative, that influencers, online marketers, and businesses may take advantage of. Meta has released Threads, a messaging software that is quite similar to Twitter, which is currently owned by Elon Musk. This secret project from Meta is currently being marketed as Instagram's "text-based conversation app."

Threads, the latest text-based messaging program from social media giant Meta, was unveiled by CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg on July 5. According to Zuckerberg, the number of users who signed up for Threads in its first four hours surpassed 5 million.

Threads is Meta's effort to attract the horde of Twitter users who have defected in protest at Elon Musk's volatile management of the social media platform.

Understanding Meta's Threads App and Instagram Integration

Threads, created by Instagram's developers, is a new software with diverse and interconnected networks that allows users to post their status updates in the form of text and participate in ongoing group chats. Posts may be up to 500 characters long and can contain links, photographs, and videos up to 5 minutes in duration; users log in using their Instagram accounts.

But before you tie up your Instagram account to this newly launched Meta app and create a Threads account, we'll give you first a quick overview of what to expect on this new social media platform.

• Unveiling Threads

Meta has created Threads, a microblogging network built as a separate app from Instagram, to directly compete with Twitter. It is a complementary app to Instagram, and Instagram profiles are required to sign up for Threads. It is also a microblogging service that allows its users to have spontaneous discussions and exchange media in real time, much like Twitter's trade secrets.

• Threads and Instagram's Inseparable Connection

Threads and Instagram are intertwined in ways that may improve one another's metrics and user engagement, but the specifics of this relationship are unknown. If you're already following someone on Instagram, you can import that following list into Threads, and if you're verified on Instagram, you're also confirmed on Threads. In addition, you can also easily share your Threads post into your Instagram story.

• Easily follow personalities and businesses from your Instagram account

In short, users may interact with public postings in a manner similar to Twitter by following the same accounts they already follow on IG, with the same Instagram username and replying to them. You can follow your favorite celebrities, influencers, and even real estate businesses, including Lumina Homes!

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Deleting Threads app also deletes the Instagram account

There is a caveat to using Threads that some people won't realize exists until after they've signed up. If you decide you no longer want to use Threads, you'll have to delete both your Instagram and Threads accounts.

Being banned on Threads means an Instagram ban, too!

A user's Instagram account will be disabled if they are permanently banned from Threads for violating the community standards.

You can only represent a single personality on your Threads account

If a person wants to change their username on Threads, they must also make the same adjustment on Instagram. Users who want to express distinct sides of their identities on multiple platforms may find Threads' insistence on linking Instagram profiles to their profiles challenging due to the strength of the connection between the two.

Some people use Instagram for sharing photos acceptable for sharing with family and coworkers, while their Twitter accounts are for sharing naughty jokes or talking about their favorite celebrities. So either users would need to establish a second Instagram account only to link to Threads, or they will need to import their carefully crafted Instagram persona into the app.

The App Culture on Threads

Numerous well-known people, companies, and social media personalities are featured on Threads. The majority of the timeline is taken up by individuals talking about how scary it is to use a new app or reposting famous tweets. There isn't much of a difference between Threads and other apps, other than the fact that it's spanking new.

Since the primary timeline on Threads is a collection of posts from random Threaders, users currently have no control over the content that appears in their feed. While there is no direct interaction on Threads, users may still promote a favorite discussion by tweeting a link to it.

Threads collect data like other Meta platforms do

Since Threads is an Instagram app and Instagram is owned by Meta, the same information and social media algorithm is gathered from users as is done by Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp. Users' home addresses, health records, and other sensitive information such as biometric and ethnic data are all collected by Threads. Twitter does not track or record any information like that.

Is Threads really a decentralized network?

Meta made a promise before Threads was launched that consumers would have full control over their algorithms and the information they view on the Threads platform. Although Threads was advertised as a decentralized platform, it quickly became clear that this was not the case.

Adam Mosseri, the Instagram and Threads head, said in a post that integration with ActivityPub, an open social networking protocol that also supports Mastodon, will be coming in a future version of Threads. However, he said that the Threads development team was unable to provide the necessary infrastructure to enable ActivityPub. Mastodon is a social network without a central server, consisting instead of a network of individual servers based on shared interests. Users may do things like join servers, follow one another, and have discussions, just like they would on a platform like Twitter.

What does a decentralized network mean?

The main difference between centralized and decentralized social networks is the number of people or organizations involved in making decisions. No one entity or group is responsible for running the show on a decentralized network.

Meanwhile, Meta has not previously been known as a vocal supporter of using decentralized networks in its social media applications. In reality, the company's applications mainly depend on walled gardens to generate revenue from advertising and marketing to customers.

Now that you know the overview of Meta's Threads, you can easily download this app on your iPhone or smartphone. In fact, the Threads app has been released on the Apple App Store as well as the Google Play Store, where users in over a hundred different countries may get it for free.