The “progressive” social network to compete with Twitter

Tech giant Meta is creating a social network to compete with Twitter And he has the idea of ​​launching it “as soon as possible,” according to specialized media the edge.

In an internal meeting, Meta’s product manager, Chris CoxCalling this new platform, which Meta has been working on since January, it called its “Twitter response” and said it would use Instagram’s account system to automatically populate user information.

Mark Zuckerberg He desperately seeks support for Facebook with a social network other than Instagram. Twitter has grown in popularity after buying Elon Musk and its future is becoming more clear despite the fact that it has lost much of its purchase value.

Mental health

Cox said in apparent criticism of the lack of trust that users and companies used on Twitter that prompted Musk to redirect his behavior.

Cox also stressed that the app will be based on “security, ease of use and trusted».

The internal name of the social network is ‘Project 92‘, and its generic name could be ‘threads,’ depending on the internal documents it had access to the edge.

As it could not be otherwise, behind this ideological social network and Election campaign To preside over the government of the United States to be held throughout 2024.

Musk freed the Twitterbird from the ideological drum of the left that was in his possession kidnapped. On the Democratic side, they’re trying to criminalize it as a conservative social network, and Meta saw a unique opportunity to slip into fray with a social network that’s so clearly positioned in favor of progressives.

the new Standalone application It will be based on Instagram, and according to the images published by the medium, it will look very similar to the comments section of Instagram, although there is the option to repost other users’ messages, something similar to retweeting.

activity

The application will be integrated with activityan open source protocol for decentralized social networks, which will allow users of the new application to bring their accounts and followers to other applications, such as Mastodon.

Some celebrities have already pledged to use the app, Cox said, mentioning his name dj slime. In addition, the executive said he is in talks with Oprah Winfrey and the The Dalai Lama With his clear ideological position.