Elon Musk's Twitter competitor Threads, a new text-based social networking platform, was unveiled by Meta at the beginning of last month. When Threads was officially released, users were really anxious to give it a try because the app's launch had been in the news for quite some time. Users can quickly sign in to Threads using their Instagram credentials and begin broadcasting their ideas to the world.
Within 5 days of its release, the app garnered a remarkable 100 million sign-ups, and it was one of the fastest-growing social networking platforms. A few weeks following Threads' debut, however, rumors claimed that the service had lost more than half of its subscribers.
It was previously rumored that Threads intended to create an online version in order to keep users. And now Meta has formally launched the web version.
Threads reveal a web version
The web version of Meta's new social media application has received a formal announcement. In a thread on the social media site Threads, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that users would be able to access the web version soon. Users could only browse single postings on Threads until today, and there was no opportunity to engage with the post in any way. However, that will soon change.
Users of Threads will be able to publish, respond to other postings, and view their feed with the updated version, according to a story in The Verge. With a few minor adjustments here and there, the web version's UI is said to be identical to that of the app. The page will have navigation icons at the top and a small toggle button to switch between the For You and Following feeds on the bottom left.
When Threads' user base dropped by more than 50%
Earlier, Reuters had claimed that Threads had lost more than half of its members. During an internal town hall, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the same admission and acknowledged that while retention on the Threads app was "better than the executives had expected, it was not perfect." The audio of the internal call that Reuters had accessed was presented as the source.
"Obviously, it would be fantastic if all of them, or even half of them, stuck around if you had more than 100 million people join up. We're still not there, according to Zuckerberg.
