Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday shared that new features were coming to the recently launched text-based social media app Threads, including custom alt-text for photos and videos, a mention button for users, and the ability to directly share a post to Instagram DMs.
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Threads, which quickly collected 100 million sign-ups within a week of launch, has seen over half of its users leaving the platform, reported Reuters. Some issues included its lack of accessibility, no advanced search features, concerns about the data it collected, a lack of hashtags, the absence of a desktop version, pending DM features, and Threads’ decision to not solicit political or journalistic content.
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri shared that Threads was developed in about seven months as Zuckerberg wished to put out a product which could rival X (formerly Twitter).
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