Twitter was criticized for capping the number of posts that can be read. Amid that backlash, Threads became one of the most downloaded social media apps, but in blaming spammers, it named the same reason that Twitter cited when it instituted limits.
faster than any other app, just five days after launching. But it still has much to prove as a long-term competitor to Twitter, said Pinar Yildirim, a marketing professor at the University of Pennsylvania who studies social networks.
“Now, users are going to be weighing which network they prefer,” Yildirim said. “Bots were a major issue that Twitter had … . The same thing Threads will have to learn with a growing user base is how to prioritize the best accounts from the worst accounts.” Data from Google Trends has shown that search interest in the platform has waned since the initial days of its launch. Threads is still not available to download in Europe because of European Union data privacy regulations.
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