Now it is a matter of days or weeks. According to information from the Wall Street Journal, Threads, a Twitter clone created by Meta, will arrive in December on the European continent.
Launched in the United States last July, the cousin service of Facebook and Instagram still had to comply with European regulations before it could be launched.
This decision, which has not been confirmed by Meta, appears to be the logical continuation of the decision Instagram boss Adam Mosseri made last week to distinguish his Instagram account from his Threads account. Previously, deleting one of the two profiles caused the disappearance of the other. This type of maneuver is frowned upon by the European regulator.
Still, according to the Wall Street Journal, Threads should be free to access, even for those who don’t have a Meta account. On the other hand, you will need an account to write posts. Once again, this free access is probably part of the compensation designed to avoid the wrath of Brussels.
Still far behind Twitter
After a good start, helped by the association of profiles with Instagram, Threads is still far from competing with X (Twitter), although the two applications are as similar as two drops of water. In reality, there are still many features missing to get us closer to it. For example, it is not possible to send private messages.
While X and his boss, Elon Musk, continue to have controversies, the number of users of this platform is decreasing. A good opportunity for Meta that hopes to absorb those disappointed with the new Twitter. But Mark Zuckerberg’s group will also have to fight with Bluesky or Mastodon
According to Sensor Tower, Threads currently has 73 million monthly users worldwide compared to X’s 365 million.
Meta, contacted by Tech&Co, has not yet responded.
Source: BFM TV
