THREADS (still questioned UI UX), Already Launched

DC 8.11pm July 5th / London 2.11am July 6th

Threads (on android will be 71.24 megabyte; on iOS will be 80.3 megabyte), the Twitter competitor created by Meta, has finally arrived after months of rumors, leaks, and a billionaire cage fight challenge between Mark Elliot Zuckerberg and Elon Musk Reeves. Around 10.05p DC time (or at least after 3 hours, THREADS already has 1 million users).

Now you can access the new platform from its desktop site at Threads.net or by downloading the app for iOS and Android. Although I already has a THREADS / activating THREADS, I just mak sure my username in Instagram keep in my mine, not hijacked. In decades, my (ex) friends and tobacco companies try not only kill my mom and me or my little brother, but also to reduplicate every my social media (LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Behance), so I make sure my THREADS account still same username. I promise, I still (95%) focused on SUBSTACK, and already say goodbye to Twitter. Honestly for me, UI/UX of THREADS still annoyed, questioned, but I think it’s okay. I was creating several apps in Indonesia and worldwide. And sadly, not available desktop version/laptop version/web version of THREADS so far.

I’m lucky that I just read-then-screenshot after 3-4 minutes live on IG stories (around 7.30pm DC time). I try to create NEW ACCOUNT (not existing my instagram), but lookalike META will banned new IG account which (pursued) to be new THREADS account. So, everyone must have instagram account first, not abruptly create new account of IG.

(*I use “PURPLE” bullets, as sign of peace movement between Israel - Palestine)

prad 𓃠 🟣 (@adimuliaprada) on Threads

https://www.threads.net/@adimuliaprada

Every IG account not automatically have THREADS account. You must create again THREADS. For example, The Dodo, animal-funny account, already has 10.9 million followers, but on THREADS, just 6,375 followers (until 8.08pm DC time)

On Threads, you can create text-based posts with up to 500 characters, as well as share photos and videos up to five minutes long. The app looks relatively similar to Twitter, featuring a minimal interface with the options to like, comment, repost, and share threads. Since Threads is closely tied to Instagram, you can log in with your Instagram username and easily follow all the same people you follow on the other platform.

(if you set up NEW IG ACCOUNT today just for purpose to connect with THREADS, will be BANNED like this)

Similar to Instagram, the main feed on Threads contains both recommended content and posts from people you follow. It doesn’t look like there’s an option to switch between streams of recommended and following-only content like there is on Twitter, however, but that’s always something Meta could add later.

Meta is extending some of Instagram’s privacy controls to Threads as well, such as the ability to filter out certain words in replies. You can also limit who can reply to your threads to everyone on the platform, people you follow, or only the users who you mentioned in your post.

Meta isn’t including Threads support for ActivityPub at launch. The decentralized social networking protocol, also used by Mastodon, would make it possible to transfer your information from Threads to another host, among other things.

“We believe this decentralized approach, similar to the protocols governing email and the web itself, will play an important role in the future of online platforms,” Meta says. “Threads is Meta’s first app envisioned to be compatible with an open social networking protocol — we hope that by joining this fast-growing ecosystem of interoperable services, Threads will help people find their community, no matter what app they use.”

Image: Meta

The launch of Threads comes as Twitter imposes more restrictions on users, including a temporary rate limit barring unverified users from viewing more than 600 posts per day (or 300 posts for “new unverified” accounts). Twitter also blocked logged-out users from viewing tweets on the platform before quietly reversing the change and creating a new version of TweetDeck that requires a verified subscription.

Meta is launching Threads in over 100 countries, including the US, but it won’t be available in the European Union to start. According to The Guardian, the company delayed the launch of the app in the EU to ensure it complies with the EU’s strict privacy regulations.

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