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Instagram’s Threads Adds Some New Features, Still Falls Short of Being a True Twitter Clone
Threads is getting some new feature updates, inching it a little closer to the Twitter clone that was promised. The updated features will include a followers list, the option to subscribe to unfollowed users, and a revised “follows” tab, Threads developer Cameron Roth, said in a Threads post. Unfortunately, the most important tab is still…
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Threads has Instagram’s network, Facebook’s advertisers, and no Elon
Meta just launched a Twitter-killer called Threads that is, so far, very dull. In the Musk era, that may be just what people need.
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How Bluesky Is Seizing the Opportunity of Twitter’s Decline With Custom Algorithms
Twitter is in freefall — ad revenue is down more than half since last year, owner Elon Musk is mucking around and firing people left and right, and users (including me) have noticed a steep decline in the quality of their feeds. Bluesky, a near-clone of Twitter built on a decentralized protocol with the support…
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Elon Tells Twitter He Needs Moar Data, Twitter Gives It to Him
A beleaguered Twitter really wants its billionaire suitor to get this deal over with already.