Mark Zuckerberg launched a new app that shook the whole world, and kind of stole Elon Musk's sleep. That app is known as Threads. It is very much similar to Twitter which creates a big question that "is Instagram threads like Twitter?" In this blog we will discuss and cover the details about Instagram Threads and compare with Twitter.
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What is Instagram Threads?
Instagram's Threads is an amazing app which prioritizes on conversation rather than visual content. By logging in with your Instagram account, you may share text updates and take part in open discussions.
The app's interface is very similar to the Instagram comment section, but it also includes Twitter capabilities like reacting and resharing content. You can submit links, up to 10 photographs, videos up to 5 minutes long, and up to 500 characters i.e. more than Twitter's 280 characters.
in July, and the app made a pre-launch appearance on the Apple app store on July 3, with an official release date of July 6, with sizes of 53.29 MB (Android) and 231.3 MB (Apple).
Threads Signup process:
Threads is now widely available on Google play store and App store, to sign up for Instagram Threads, download the app from your device's app store and launch it. Now select 'Log in from Instagram' and then select 'Import from Instagram' what it will do is that it will import all your necessary data into your Threads account with ease so that you don't have to fill details manually.
You might get an ID based on your rank dependent on the time that you sign up for Threads.On your Instagram profile, this ID shows as a badge right next to your name or username. It informs people that you use Threads so that they can follow you there.
Differences between Threads and Twitter:
| Key differences | Threads | |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | Threads is currently app-only, which can be download from iOS and Android app stores. | Since it is almost 16 years old it supports both websites and app. |
| Account sync | One must have an Instagram account to login. (dependent on Instagram) | One can login using email, phone number and even just username. |
| Price & Verification | Threads verification is transferred from Instagram and it also contains subscription plan. | Musk came up with verification subscription plan which includes some special features. |
| Multimedia Post | It allows you to post 10 item in a single post. | It has limit of 4 items per tweet. |
| Text limit | It allows upto 500 characters. | It used to have 140 characters but got revised to 280. |
Conclusion:
As you can see, even though Twitter and Threads appear to be similar, they offer completely different user experiences.
But it's also clear that Threads is still a work in progress since it doesn't have a trending section and also doesn't support hashtag features. Also, Threads is getting really popular nowadays, let's see what happens between these 2 companies.
Intresting Fact:
Do you know Within 7 hours, 10 million people had already joined the threads; it even outperformed ChatGPT. Sounds so cool, right?
