The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss Meta's launch of Threads, a new competitor to Twitter. Later, Nilay Patel calls in to give his take.

Further reading:

Instagram Threads: why Meta is competing with Twitter
Meta unspools Threads
Instagram’s Threads: everything you need to know about the new Twitter competitor
Instagram’s Twitter competitor, Threads, briefly went live on the web
Instagram Threads won’t be available in the EU at launch.
People are posting a lot on Threads.
Here’s how Twitter’s leadership is responding to Instagram Threads.
Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko on what Threads means for the fediverse.
Instagram flooded Threads with celebrities and brands at launch
So what’s next for Threads? DMs “maybe...”
Mark Zuckerberg on when Instagram Threads will get ads
Spielberg, Scorsese, and Anderson have swooped in to save Turner Classic Movies
Google confirms it’s training AI using scraped web data
The TSA will use facial recognition in over 400 airports

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