Are you also one of those who are currently dismayed over Twitter, or at least how Elon Musk runs it, and wish there was a greener pasture for you? Well, right now, your wish might just be granted, as Meta’s upcoming app set to compete with Twitter has leaked.
An app from Meta that is bound to compete with Twitter
According to a news story published on The Verge just before last weekend, one of Meta’s top executives, its chief product offer, Chris Cox, has shown an image of the upcoming platform.
The image shows what the app will look like on mobile and features a text that reads, “Coming soon.”
The Verge’s Alex Heath said this standalone application would be based on Instagram, which is also under Meta, and would also integrate with ActivityPub, a decentralized social networking protocol.
With those being said, people using the new app can hypothetically transfer their accounts and followers from the other social networking platforms they have, so there’s generally no need to start from scratch.
The leaked image also said the new app is internally codenamed “Project 92.” However, The Verge also noted that they have seen documents saying this new platform will be called “Threads.”
“We’ve been hearing from creators and public figures who are interested in having a platform that is sanely run, that they believe that they can trust and rely upon for distribution,” Cox said in The Verge report, throwing a direct shade at how Musk handles Twitter, which he bought last year.
Cox added that Meta already has gotten celebrities committing to using the app, including DJ Slime. He said they are also in the middle of discussions with other A-list personalities, such as Oprah and even the Dalai Lama.
He also told The Verge coding has begun for the app in January, and the company will make the app available “as soon as [they] can.”
You want this, don’t you?
Dismay at how Musk runs Twitter
The way Musk runs Twitter is different from the way he runs his other company, Tesla. The latter gets positive responses, while the former gets the opposite.
In other Twitter news, the platform’s co-founder, Evan “Ev” Williams, has broken his silence, joining other co-founders and people expressing dismay at how the billionaire runs the social media platform.
In his first public statements on Musk’s leadership since he took over Twitter, Williams guested on Bloomberg’s show “The Circuit” late last week, saying that he felt “sad” after Musk purchased Twitter.
The Twitter co-founder said his poor leadership might just turn Twitter into the next Yahoo! And MySpace, two social media platforms that are not performing so well right now compared with others.
“I don’t think he’s dialed it in quite right yet,” Williams told Bloomberg, warning that Twitter’s brand might just be like Musk’s personal brand.
You can recall that Twitter’s former CEO, Jack Dorsey, also shared his sentiments last month, saying that he does not think Musk is an ideal leader for Twitter.
