Title: Twitter Outage Impacts Users as Threads Surges to 100 Million Users in Days
Introduction:
Twitter, one of Elon Musk’s platforms, is currently experiencing a worldwide outage, affecting tens of thousands of users. This outage is a setback for Musk, who is engaged in a battle with Meta over the newly launched Threads app. In contrast, Threads, Mark Zuckerberg’s rival app, has already amassed 100 million users within a few days.
Content:
Twitter Outage Highlights Threads’ Rapid Rise:
At approximately 10:22 am ET, DownDetector, an online issue monitoring platform, began receiving reports of issues with Twitter. Users reported problems primarily with the app itself. Seizing the opportunity to mock Musk’s platform, many users commented, “Time to head to Threads,” referring to Mark Zuckerberg’s recently launched app. Threads has already garnered an impressive 100 million users, in comparison to Twitter’s 237.8 million users.
Impact of the Twitter Outage:
While the worldwide outage continues, Twitter is partially functional for some users. However, they are facing frustrations with certain features, such as loading tweets and updating timelines. The duration of the outage remains unclear, and the cause is yet to be determined. DownDetector’s US outage map indicates that New York City is severely affected, followed by Boston, Dallas, and other major cities across the nation. Thousands of reports have been submitted by American users during the peak of the outage. Twitter users in Italy, China, the UK, and other parts of Europe are also encountering problems.
Threads’ Threat to Twitter:
Threads’ rapid growth and popularity pose a serious threat to Musk’s struggling social network. Twitter has witnessed a declining user base, with a 15% decrease in monthly active users on iOS and a 14% decrease on Android in the US between March 2022 and March 2023, according to SimilarWeb. Experts suggest that Threads provides a Twitter-like experience without the toxic atmosphere that currently exists on the platform.
Twitter’s Response to Threads:
Twitter has not remained passive in the face of Threads’ success. On July 6, the company threatened to file a lawsuit against Meta, accusing them of poaching former Twitter employees to create a copycat app. The letter from Twitter’s lawyer expressed concerns about Meta’s alleged misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and intellectual property. Twitter demanded that Meta immediately cease using such information.
Conclusion:
The worldwide outage experienced by Twitter has once again highlighted the growing popularity and threat posed by Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads app. As Twitter continues to grapple with declining user numbers, Threads has emerged as a serious contender in the social media space. The rivalry between Elon Musk and Meta shows no signs of relenting, with Twitter actively taking legal action to safeguard its interests.
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