As Twitter was crumbling under Elon Musk’s new leadership in 2023, various online circles found themselves flocking to alternative platforms. While some may have kept using Twitter (now known as… X), a non-negligible number of communities migrated over to Mastodon and other smaller platforms. Meanwhile, Meta shipped its own textual social media platform, Threads. The

We may see third-party Threads apps soon.

Back in the fall, I wrote a series of posts on a particularly horrific episode in Meta’s past. I hadn’t planned to revisit the topic immediately,

On July 5, 2023, Meta launched Threads, the newest product in our family of apps, to an unprecedented success that saw it garner over 100 million sign ups in its first five days. A small, nimble te…

Threads is moving forward with their Fediverse plans, and updated their Terms of Service to focus on "Third Party Users".

Mark Zuckerberg announced new features arriving soon on Threads.

Threads has taken the world by storm and established new playbooks, and although it isn’t my favorite social network, I’m enjoying kicking the tires

“The volatility and the unpredictability of what seemed to be going on there” presented Instagram with an opportunity, he says.

Last night, by the time I called it quits and went to bed Threads, Meta’s new social network, had hit 2 million users in 2 hours. As I write this, Meta’s Adam Mosseri says the count has now surpassed 10 million in 7 hours, which exceeds Mastodon’s user base. Currently, Threads is a pretty barebones

Threads, Meta's Twitter rival, features an intriguing stipulation: Deleting a Threads profile also terminates the Instagram account.

If you’re trying out the new Threads app from Instagram (you can follow me here if you’re on it), you might be wondering if you can use the app on the iPad. By default, the experience isn’t great – Apple has a compatibility mode that allows you to install iPhone apps on iPad, so it […]