Meta will have its own Twitter created by the Instagram team. And we’re already starting to learn most of the details of what this new social network, codenamed Project 92 ‘Barcelona’, will look like.
Through TheVerge we have access to: First screenshots of what the new Meta network’s interface will look likea Twitter clone, the main feature of which is that it will be based on the same decentralized protocol as Mastodon.
Mark Zuckerberg’s company has already begun to show its employees all the details of this new application that they have been working on and launched since the beginning of the year. expected this summerAs Bloomberg pointed out a few months ago.
The application will allow access to other users’ text messages, as on Twitter, but as with Mastodon, it will be the user who can choose what kind of algorithms and servers to apply. This is because the application ActivityPub protocol.
Instagram’s Twitter is almost ready
P92 is the responsibility of Instagram’s current CEO, Adam Mosseri, but we know some additional details through Chris Cox, Meta’s director of product. He describes this app as “our answer to Twitter” and that Instagram will use account system to automatically complete data user record
The final name of the app is yet to be confirmed, but they state this from TheVerge: May be called ‘Threads’ (thread, Spanish).
as they point out users with access to tests Internally, the maximum character limit will be 500, and among the available tabs there will be classic tabs to discover characters, saved messages, a QR code to share the profile, and a payment option.
from Instagram it is recommended to connect profiles With this new social network via a temporary invite link. That is, direct access to the profile of the new application from the Instagram profile may appear.
One of Meta’s strategies is to persuade different celebrities to use this new social network. “We’re listening to creators and public figures who are interested in having a rationally managed platform,” Cox says in a clear and indirect message to Elon Musk’s Twitter management.
Some of the personalities Meta has come into contact with include: Oprah Winfrey, Dalai Lama and DJ SlimeConsidering the reach of Instagram, it is not excluded that the list is much more comprehensive.
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