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Zuckerberg said Threads would be monitized only after it was on a “clear path” to gaining 1 billion users.Despite the surge in sign-ups, Threads held steady, with only sporadic reports of temporary glitches. U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has millions of followers on Twitter, posted late Wednesday: “I think my app is bricked. It was just as I hit send on a long post of Queens food recommendations.
Instagram and Facebook, both owned by Meta, have a long — and successful — history of copying products from upstart internet competitors. The company’s Reels feature was a knockoff of TikTok’s viral video app, and its Stories disappearing posts followed the rise of Snapchat. Meta’s apps in the past have competed indirectly for user attention with Twitter by courting news publishers, politicians and other high-profile people to favor posting on one versus the other.
“We’re often imitated — but the Twitter community can never be duplicated,” Yaccarino said in a tweet without naming Meta’s new app. “YOU built the Twitter community. And that’s irreplaceable. This is your public square.”
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