Meta plans to launch its new Twitter rival, Threads, on July 6, only days after Twitter’s rate limit debacle, which has temporarily capped how many posts users can read daily.
The platform, which is heavily tied to the photo and video-sharing social network Instagram, is expected to be released on Thursday, according to a Meta-launched countdown site. Threads has also appeared for pre-order on Apple’s App Store, with an expected release date of July 6.
Despite an arguably well-timed launch, the app appears to have seen limited fanfare, at least from Twitter’s avid crypto community.
Concerns have been raised around data mining and privacy issues, as well as a lack of confidence that the standalone app would survive.
Meta’s expected Threads launch would come just days after Twitter’s rate limit debacle, which has imposed a temporary restriction on the number of posts a user can view in a day.
Instead of users rebuilding a following from scratch, Threads will port Instagram users’ followers and following lists.
According to reports earlier this year, a company spokesperson said the stand-alone Threads app would support ActivityPub, the decentralized social networking protocol powering Twitter rival Mastodon.
Meanwhile, decentralized Twitter rival Mastodon has seen a recent surge in activity, with an increase in active users since Twitter imposed its restrictions.
