The new competitor of the world’s largest microblogging site and social media company Twitter is preparing to enter the market. Elon Musk-led company is going to give this competition to Twitter. The company is developing one such app. According to the news of The Verge, during a meeting of the company, one of the senior officers of Meta has introduced the employees to the upcoming Twitter competitor of the company.
Will be able to give tough competition to Twitter
According to the news, this new standalone app will be based on Instagram. Also, it will be integrated with decentralized social media protocol ActivityPub. This will allow users of the new app to take their accounts and followers with them to other apps that support ActivityPub, including Mastodon. The company believes that this app will be able to give a tough competition to Twitter in the coming times.
internal codename of the app
According to this report by The Verge, the internal codename of this app is currently Project 92. It is being said that in the coming time its public name can be kept as Threads. A senior official of the company says that we are hearing from such creators and public figures that they are interested in creating a platform like Twitter, which can be run well.
The coding of the app started in January itself
According to the report, Meta’s Chief Product Officer Chris Cox has said that the coding of the app has started in January itself. As soon as possible, Meta will introduce this Instagram based app for public use. Cox said that the company’s target for the app is to ensure safety, ease of use, credibility.