July 06, 2023

445: Many People Are Saying This

1 hour

Meta has launched its major Twitter competitor, Threads, and there’s a LOT to talk about – from privacy issues, to onboarding, to BRANDS!! How will it fare in the Twitterclone-verse, much less… the fediverse? Then, Twitter itself has had a weird week, to say the least.

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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Instagram’s Threads app is available now for iPhone and Android - The Verge Meta unspools Threads - The Verge Instagram Threads: why Meta is competing with Twitter - The Verge Instagram Threads app has 30M users, Zuckerberg says of Twitter rival - The Washington Post Threads: The Motherboard Review What to know about Threads - Mastodon Blog Twitter competitor Threads won't let you delete your account unless you also delete Instagram | Mashable Elon Musk puts a reading paywall on Twitter - The Verge Twitter silently removes login requirement for viewing tweets | TechCrunch Twitter limits the number of tweets users can read amid extended outage | TechCrunch