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‘Threads is just deathly dull’: have Twitter quitters found what they are looking for on other networks?

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Summary
Nutrition label

62% Informative

Twitter/X rival Threads has 200 million active users, just a year after its launch.

The social network was launched by Meta , the behemoth behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp .

The integration with Instagram seems to be what has really fuelled the growth of Threads .

It has a built-in user base of celebrities and sportspeople, say experts.

All of the would-be X rivals are keen to differentiate themselves from the original.

Mastodon is perhaps the most consciously “woke” of the alternatives.

Bluesky is the closest experience to the “transgressive”, playful, “old Twitter ” still missed by many.

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51

Informative language

43

Neutral language

37

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

42

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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