Reluctant Twitter users, influencers and others flock to Meta's new Threads app

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Celebrities, lawmakers, brands and everyday social media users are flocking to Meta's newly created Threads app to connect with their followers, including many Twitter refugees tired of the drama surrounding that platform's strident oversight. by Elon Musk. But the real question is: Will they stay? Instagram boss Adam Mosseri said in a Threads post on Monday that in the five days since its launch, 100 million people have signed up for Threads, which launched as a companion app to Instagram. Ann Coleman is among them. The 50-year-old, who lives in Baltimore, said she joined Threads after hearing about the platform from a comedian she follows on social media. She said that she loves Twitter and that she has been using it for over 10 years. She even met her husband there.

Politically progressive, has been looking to switch to a new platform because of Musk's political views and changes he has made to Twitter, such as changing its verification system. She previously joined the Job Function Email Database decentralized social network Mastodon, but found it a bit confusing to use. He said he likes the threads but would like to be able to easily follow all his Twitter friends there. Threads offers Instagram users the option to automatically follow the same accounts they follow on the photo-sharing app, making it easier for active Instagram users to replicate a similar type of engagement on Threads. But others, starting from scratch, will have to do more work. “If I'm going to leave Twitter completely, I'm going to have to try to find some of these people” from Twitter, Coleman said.



While he said he has his own concerns about Meta, specifically pointing out Cambridge Analytica's privacy breach, among other things, "it's not with the depth of concern that I have with Musk." Michael Evancoe, 28, said he hasn't used Twitter much since his personal page was suspended years ago for what the platform attributed to violations of its spam rules. Evancoe, who now works in production, said he agrees with some of the changes Musk has been making on Twitter and created a new account earlier this year. But he couldn't gain many followers or interactions. He joined Threads last week and says he's been able to interact more with other users. But he hopes Meta doesn't moderate the platform too aggressively. “I think that would also be an impediment to both interest and engagement,” Evancoe said. For its part, Meta has said it will moderate using Instagram's content guidelines.