Twitter Rival 'Threads' Launches

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The Spin

Narrative A

Zuckerberg is jumping on the chaos that has ensued at Twitter ever since Musk's takeover last October. Bleeding advertising cash alongside many users actively leaving the platform, Twitter is losing extensive amounts of money and is certainly vulnerable. Although smaller rivals have inflicted little real damage, Meta and Threads pose a much more credible threat to Musk and Twitter.

Narrative B

Whilst Twitter is undoubtedly facing a period of uncertainty, it will regardless remain a tall order for Threads to topple the platform. Although Zuckerberg perhaps can succeed where others have failed, the move remains an uninspired and unimaginative one — merely copying Twitter after a string of homegrown failures in tandem with the eye-watering losses the Metaverse continues to accrue.

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