Recent Quotes View Full List My Watchlist Create Watchlist Indicators DJI Nasdaq Composite SPX Gold Crude Oil EL&P Market Index Markets Stocks ETFs Tools Overview News Currencies International Treasuries Twitter CEO says platform's community 'can never be duplicated' after Meta rolls out Threads By: FOX Business July 06, 2023 at 15:51 PM EDT Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Platforms recently launched Threads, a direct competitor to Elon Musk's Twitter. Threads has has an interconnection with the Instagram app. Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino touted Twitter’s community as "irreplaceable" as she seemingly reacted to the recent debut of competitor app Threads from Meta Platforms."On Twitter, everyone’s voice matters. Whether you’re here to watch history unfold, discover REAL-TIME information all over the world, share your opinions, or learn about others – on Twitter YOU can be real," she said Thursday. "YOU built the Twitter community. And that’s irreplaceable." Yaccarino continued by noting Twitter, which she called users’ "public square," was "often imitated – but the Twitter community can never be duplicated."Twitter, which owner Elon Musk took private in November, reported having a total of about 237.8 million average monetizable daily active users in late July 2022, according to its final quarterly earnings report.TWITTER LIFTS SOME TWEET VIEWING RESTRICTIONS AFTER ‘EMERGENCY’ MEASURESYaccarino, who has held the post for about a month, sent the tweet just a day after Meta rolled out Threads.In a post announcing the new app, Meta Platforms said Threads offered a "new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations." It has an interconnection with the Instagram app and a feed that has some resemblances to Twitter’s.Reports in mid-May said that Meta had a text-based app in the works, with the potential for it to roll out in the summer. Threads showed up in Apple’s App Store earlier in the week with an expected launch date of Thursday, ultimately releasing a day earlier than that.META LAUNCHES THREADS APP IN DIRECT CHALLENGE TO ELON MUSK'S TWITTERBy Thursday morning, the new app garnered 30 million sign-ups, according to Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He has a following of 1.3 million on the platform so far.Musk also reacted to Threads’ debut, including using a laughing emoji to reply to a tweet that suggested Threads was mostly copied and pasted from Instagram and Twitter.ZUCKERBERG SAYS THREADS, INSTAGRAM'S NEW TWITTER-LIKE APP, LAUNCHED WITH 5 MILLION USERS; ELON MUSK RESPONDSLawrence Richards contributed to this report Data & News supplied by www.cloudquote.io Stock quotes supplied by Barchart Quotes delayed at least 20 minutes. By accessing this page, you agree to the following Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
Twitter CEO says platform's community 'can never be duplicated' after Meta rolls out Threads By: FOX Business July 06, 2023 at 15:51 PM EDT Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Platforms recently launched Threads, a direct competitor to Elon Musk's Twitter. Threads has has an interconnection with the Instagram app. Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino touted Twitter’s community as "irreplaceable" as she seemingly reacted to the recent debut of competitor app Threads from Meta Platforms."On Twitter, everyone’s voice matters. Whether you’re here to watch history unfold, discover REAL-TIME information all over the world, share your opinions, or learn about others – on Twitter YOU can be real," she said Thursday. "YOU built the Twitter community. And that’s irreplaceable." Yaccarino continued by noting Twitter, which she called users’ "public square," was "often imitated – but the Twitter community can never be duplicated."Twitter, which owner Elon Musk took private in November, reported having a total of about 237.8 million average monetizable daily active users in late July 2022, according to its final quarterly earnings report.TWITTER LIFTS SOME TWEET VIEWING RESTRICTIONS AFTER ‘EMERGENCY’ MEASURESYaccarino, who has held the post for about a month, sent the tweet just a day after Meta rolled out Threads.In a post announcing the new app, Meta Platforms said Threads offered a "new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations." It has an interconnection with the Instagram app and a feed that has some resemblances to Twitter’s.Reports in mid-May said that Meta had a text-based app in the works, with the potential for it to roll out in the summer. Threads showed up in Apple’s App Store earlier in the week with an expected launch date of Thursday, ultimately releasing a day earlier than that.META LAUNCHES THREADS APP IN DIRECT CHALLENGE TO ELON MUSK'S TWITTERBy Thursday morning, the new app garnered 30 million sign-ups, according to Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He has a following of 1.3 million on the platform so far.Musk also reacted to Threads’ debut, including using a laughing emoji to reply to a tweet that suggested Threads was mostly copied and pasted from Instagram and Twitter.ZUCKERBERG SAYS THREADS, INSTAGRAM'S NEW TWITTER-LIKE APP, LAUNCHED WITH 5 MILLION USERS; ELON MUSK RESPONDSLawrence Richards contributed to this report