Diksia.com - Twitter is currently considering legal action regarding the release of Meta’s new application, Threads.
The Threads application, released last Wednesday (05/07/2023), has been called a friendly alternative by the Meta boss.
In less than 24 hours after its release, the Threads application has gained more than 30 million new users.
Without a doubt, the appearance of threads is very similar to that of Twitter.
In response to the threads being published, Twitter owner Elon Musk said the competition is fine and no cheating is being committed.
However, there are claims that Threads was endorsed by former Twitter employees.
Twitter attorney Alex Spiro sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg via the Semafor news agency on Wednesday.
In the said letter, Meta committed a systematic, intentional, and unlawful misuse of Twitter trade secrets and other intellectual property.
Specifically, Spiro alleged that Meta hired dozens of former Twitter employees who “had access to trade secrets and other top secret information.”
It is believed that Twitter Meta helped develop threads.
“Twitter intends to strictly enforce its intellectual property rights and requires that Meta take immediate steps to stop using Twitter trade secrets or other strictly confidential information,” the letter reads.
“Twitter reserves all rights, including but not limited to the right to seek civil relief and damages without further notice,” the letter continued.
However, both Musk and Zuckerberg have acknowledged that Threads competes as a standalone app.
When Zuckerberg launched in 100 countries, he posted images to Twitter after not venturing onto that social media for 11 years.
Shortly thereafter, as the word “threads” became a trending topic, Musk alluded to assault.
“Better being attacked by strangers on Twitter than enjoying the fake happiness of Instagram that hides the pain,” Musk wrote.
Meanwhile, Linda Yaccarino, CEO of Twitter, said: “Twitter is an application that is often imitated.”
Still, according to Yaccarino, the Twitter application can never be duplicated.
95 million posts created
Since its launch, Threads has created 95 million posts in less than 24 hours.
In addition, new users who have registered with Threads have reached 30 million new registrations.
“Wow, 30 million signups this morning. Feels like the start of something special, but we still have a lot of work to do developing this app,” wrote Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday (06/07/2023) from his Threads account zuck).
According to The Verge, the Threads application will be linked to your Instagram account.
So if you want to delete your Threads account, you need to delete your Instagram account as well.
This Threads app has no DM capabilities, reverse chronological follow feeds, or planned integration with the decentralized ActivityPub protocol.
Still, data released by Zuckerberg Thursday morning suggests the Threads app has a bright future to compete with Twitter.
Ever since Elon Musk limited the number of visible posts, many Internet users have resorted to uses similar to threads.
In fact, apps like Mastodon and Bluesky are also benefiting as Twitter users switch to other apps.
This is how threads work
According to The New York Times, Threads is positioned as an application that allows people to have real-time public conversations with each other.
Threads also helps improve Instagram, the top app in the meta product suite.
Instagram has threads tied tightly to itself.
If you want to register for the new app, you first need an Instagram account.
For those who already have an Instagram account, the username on Threads will also be the same as on Instagram.
If desired, users can import a list of people they follow on Instagram directly into Threads.
Users verified by Instagram will also be verified in the new app.
Users can set their Threads account as private or public.
