{"id":6288,"date":"2023-07-05T18:10:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T18:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/?p=6288"},"modified":"2023-07-05T18:10:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T18:10:17","slug":"metas-twitter-alternative-threads-launches-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/?p=6288","title":{"rendered":"Meta&#8217;s Twitter alternative, Threads, launches tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Meta is expected to launch Threads, a &#8220;text-based conversation app&#8221;, under the Instagram brand, tomorrow (July 6). <\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Threads.<\/strong> According to the download page:<\/p>\n<p>Threads is where communities come together to talk about everything from what matters to you today to what&#8217;s trending tomorrow.  Whatever interests you, you can follow and connect directly with your favorite creators and others who love the same things, or build a loyal following to share your ideas, opinions, and creativity with the world. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Why we care<\/strong> Ever since Elon Musk bought the platform, Twitter has found new and exciting ways to annoy many of its users and lose ad revenue.  Threads can be a platform for marketers and advertisers to be seen, but ultimately, wherever users go, marketing budgets and investments will follow.    <\/p>\n<p><strong>admit one<\/strong> You can now register in the application.  To do this, go to Instagram search, type &#8220;Threads&#8221; and you&#8217;ll see an &#8220;Admit One&#8221; ticket on the right side of the search box. <\/p>\n<p>Clicking on this will generate your ticket, which you can click to be notified when the app is available for download.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"1629\" alt=\"Get threads\" class=\"wp-image-429026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2023\/07\/get-threads.png.webp 828w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2023\/07\/get-threads-172x338.png.webp 172w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2023\/07\/get-threads-305x600.png.webp 305w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2023\/07\/get-threads-57x113.png.webp 57w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2023\/07\/get-threads-768x1511.png.webp 768w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2023\/07\/get-threads-781x1536.png 781w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2023\/07\/get-threads-150x295.png.webp 150w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2023\/07\/get-threads.png.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Not available in the EU.<\/strong> One region where Threads won&#8217;t launch is the EU.  Meta has received several fines in the EU for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).<\/p>\n<p>According to the Independent:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sources close to Meta said the tech giant has refrained from rolling out the service in the EU due to what the company believes is a lack of clarity contained in the EU Digital Markets Act. According to the Act, companies like Meta become &#8220;gatekeepers,&#8221; with restrictions on how they combine users&#8217; personal data.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/business\/technology\/no-instagram-threads-app-in-the-eu-irish-dpc-says-metas-new-twitter-rival-wont-be-launched-here\/a1927220337.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">No Instagram Threads app in EU: Irish DPC says Meta&#8217;s new Twitter rival won&#8217;t launch here<\/a>The Irish Independent<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extensive data collection.<\/strong> Meta will collect a lot of user data, such as search history, browsing history, and more:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"412\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Thread data linked to you\" class=\"wp-image-429019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2023\/07\/threads-data-linked-to-you-412x600.jpg.webp 412w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2023\/07\/threads-data-linked-to-you-232x338.jpg.webp 232w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2023\/07\/threads-data-linked-to-you-78x113.jpg.webp 78w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2023\/07\/threads-data-linked-to-you-768x1119.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2023\/07\/threads-data-linked-to-you-1054x1536.jpg 1054w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2023\/07\/threads-data-linked-to-you-150x218.jpg.webp 150w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2023\/07\/threads-data-linked-to-you.jpg.webp 1373w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2023\/07\/threads-data-linked-to-you-412x600.jpg.webp\"\/><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/threads-meta-launch-july-6-429017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta is expected to launch Threads, a &#8220;text-based conversation app&#8221;, under the Instagram brand, tomorrow (July 6). What is Threads. According to the download page: Threads is where communities come together to talk about everything from what matters to you today to what&#8217;s trending tomorrow. Whatever interests you, you can follow and connect directly with your favorite creators and others who love the same things, or build a loyal following to share your ideas, opinions,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6290,"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6288\/revisions\/6290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}