Twitter is considered the granddaddy of microblogging. But if you're looking for an alternative after recent changes at X, Instagram Threads might be a good alternative. While it might seem like a ...

Twitter alternatives — new and old — have found audiences willing to try out a newer social networks since Elon Musk took over the company in 2022. Mastodon, Bluesky, Spill and T2 are some of the ...

Threads is going deeper into the fediverse, the interconnected social platform ecosystem based on an open protocol called ActivityPub that includes apps such as Mastodon and BookWyrm. Instagram head ...

A new report from Similarweb suggests that Meta's Threads now has more daily active users than X on mobile devices.

Threads is a text-based messaging app that looks very similar to Twitter. People will be able to use their Instagram usernames on Threads and follow the same accounts on Threads as they do on Meta's ...

Adam Mosseri says he’s ‘looking into it,’ as posts and accounts disappear — including mine. Adam Mosseri says he’s ‘looking into it,’ as posts and accounts disappear — including mine. Social media ...

Instagram Threads will begin testing video ads, Meta announced on Thursday. The test, which will make Threads look more like its competitor X, is an expansion of Threads’ advertising initiatives, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Threads adds its own DM inbox. It won't link to Instagram messages. Testing starts in three countries. Meta is rolling out a ...

Instagram Threads is rolling out users’ most-requested feature to date: the ability to message people directly, without having to switch to another app, like Instagram. The company said direct ...

Threads was born as a direct competitor to Twitter (now X) amidst all the controversy over the latter’s management change. Meta already said that it does not intend to turn Threads into another ...

Instagram may be testing more cross-pollination between its it and Threads. Instagram may be testing more cross-pollination between its it and Threads. is a former weekend editor who covered tech and ...