Considered one of Twitter’s co-founders, Jack Dorsey, criticized Threads because it got here out on Wednesday evening. Claims that it’s only a “Twitter clone” and that it “lacks any originality”. That is fairly enriching as a result of his new app appears to be like precisely like Twitter – it is Bluesky.
Dorsey tweeted about his complaints, which is a bit ironic since he based Bluesky, however I suppose there weren’t sufficient individuals there to hearken to his complaints. “We would like flying vehicles, now we have 7 Twitter clones as an alternative,” Dorsey mentioned. That, Dorsey shouldn’t be fallacious, however that is additionally partly his fault.
One consumer criticized Dorsey, saying he made two out of seven copies. To which Dorsey replies “no. Bluesky and nostr are protocols that Twitter can construct on. Will take away some constraints and burdens. Not competing.” What Dorsey is forgetting is that the Matters will likely be constructed on high of the ActivityPub protocol, the identical protocol that Mastodon makes use of.
Twitter’s proprietor Elon Musk despatched a cease-and-desist letter to Zuckerberg
The warmth between Musk and Zuckerberg continues to warmth up. After each agreed to a dub match (truly occurring!), now the 2 will struggle it through Twitter and Thread. Musk has requested his attorneys to ship a stop and desist letter to Meta through Threads. Claims that Zuckerberg employed former Twitter staff (which Musk fired) and used stolen mental property to create the app. The identical shouldn’t be true, as no former Twitter staff are engaged on Threads.
In the meantime, Matter remains to be sizzling. With over 70 million signups in over 48 hours and it reveals no indicators of slowing down. Is Musk apprehensive that Threads can have extra customers than Twitter has in its 15 years of existence? Possibly. However he is additionally doing a terrific job of banishing them.