Threads is the new social network from Meta, which took over this name to baptize this launch. It’s a platform that comes with the clear intention of competing with Twitter at a time when it goes through a bump caused by the constant changes it makes.
Elon Musk’s network is immersed in a transformation process that aims to get more profitability from the app, however, this is causing thousands of people to start looking for alternatives. One of its latest innovations has been limit the number of tweets a user can see per daywhich can even become counterproductive.
The new Meta app promises to be the most similar alternative, and in EL ESPAÑOL – El Androide Libre we’ve compiled the similarities and differences between the two platforms. Note that there are other networks like Mastodon, Reddit or Bluesky, created by the founder of Twitter, which can also take Musk’s audience.
Networks designed to communicate
Although Instagram or Facebook have a distinct fondness for photography and videos, Threads promises place the written text as the main content. With the possibility of responding to other users, telling stories, telling curiosities or simply expressing opinions. In fact, its name is the word used in English for the yarn format that has become so popular in recent years.
Meta’s new social network already has an operational website, although It won’t be out until Friday, July 7., while it should reach the Apple app store internationally, including Europe. It may take a little longer to reach Android, because on its page it says it will arrive soon, without specifying a date.
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Threads, as seen in screenshots of the app, used some features already present on Twitter and other platforms. One of them is the confidentiality of comments, since you can decide who can reply to messages from everyone, people followed or just mentioned.
It is quite similar to the blue bird social network in the actions that can be taken with each post. It is possible to repost, to mark with a “like” and also to send them to other users or to answer them directly. Posts will have a character limit set
And privacy?
It’s unclear whether Instagram will use limitations like the ones Twitter recently imposed, such as not being able to see more than 600 posts per day or not being able to verify the account without paying unless you pay the monthly subscription. Everything indicates that, for the moment, Meta could take advantage of this to attract more audience.
However, from what has been seen in screenshots and other leaks, Chats will work in a way closely tied to Instagram, and the same registered user will be used. As you found out 9to5Googlefollowers and follows do not have to be the same, and a person’s follow request may be accepted in one but not the other, and vice versa.
However, the profile name and photo will be the same on both social networks, and if someone is blocked, they will also be blocked on both. Each social network is for a different purpose and you may want to know a person’s photos but not their text messages, and vice versa.
Another of the main differences is in the permissions that each of the networks requests from the user, and Threads would be less intrusive. For example, location, device identifiers, private information, usage and diagnostic data, browsing history, user content, financial information, and other data are requested . It’s a permissions policy almost the same as on Instagram.
However, by checking the privacy section of both apps in the Apple Store, you can see that they practically ask for the same data, with the difference that Twitter may collect more data to track you in the apps and websites belonging to them. to other companies.
Some of them are location or purchase history, as well as contact information or identifiers. In the case of the new social network, only the last two are used for this purpose. Both leave a lot to be desired in this regard, but Threads, at least for now, only uses the data to associate it with the profile.
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