- Facebook parent Meta Platforms launch its new social media site “Threads” on Wednesday, and it swiftly took off with more than 5 million sign-ups within just a few hours of its launch, according to its CEO.
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrated the platform’s launch, which came Wednesday evening in the U.S. with a new thread on the platform, saying: “Just passed 5 million sign ups in the first four hours…” Hours earlier, Zuckerberg said the app had gained 2 million sign-ups in the first two hours from its release.
- Zuckerberg has embraced the idea that Meta’s new Twitter-like app would directly compete with Elon Musk’s platform and the idea even prompted the tech CEOs to say they would settle their differences in a cage match.
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Zuckerberg Says Threads, New Twitter-Like App, Launches With 5M Users
Zuckerberg says Threads, New Twitter-like app, launches With 5M Users
Life-sized cutouts depicting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wearing "Fix Fakebook" T-shirts are displayed by advocacy group, Avaaz, on the South East Lawn of the Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, ahead of Zuckerberg's appearance before a Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees joint hearing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
