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Threads Has 400 Million Monthly Users. But Who Are They?

Threads now has more than 400 million monthly active users. But who are these people who are actually using Threads, asks Mashable? And what is their cultural footprint? Threads is the Big Bang Theory of social media. Bland, boring, largely unoffensive, and somehow, it was the most popular show ...

It just doesn't have the same flair as X or Twitter, which could be because Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, went out of his way to ensure politics was downplayed when Threads first launched. With Instagram's 2 billion users as a feeder system, Meta can keep funneling people toward Threads whether they like it or not. The article also points out Threads is integrated with the fediverse, supporting ActivityPub's decentralized protocol...

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