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Instagram's Twitter rival, Threads, has surged to over 100 million users, riding a hype wave. Meta's vision of a "positive" environment will be better for brands than humans. Instagram's Twitter rival, Threads, has surged to over 100 million users in less than a week, an eye-popping figure that shows the sheer size of the hype wave it's riding. But the app has a fatal flaw that will ultimately doom it to mediocrity: It's going to be boring. And that means despite the early outburst of enthusiasm, Threads — like Instagram — might end up being better for brands than for humans.
Persons: Instagram, hasn't, Adam Mosseri, Smith Organizations: Twitter, Meta Locations: Ukraine, blocklists
Instagram's Twitter rival, Threads, has surged to over 100 million users, riding a hype wave. But the new "conversation" platform has a fatal flaw: It's going to be boring. Instagram's Twitter rival, Threads, has surged to over 100 million users in less than a week, an eye-popping figure that shows the sheer size of the hype wave it's riding. But the app has a fatal flaw that will ultimately doom it to mediocrity: It's going to be boring. And that means despite the early outburst of enthusiasm, Threads — like Instagram — might end up being better for brands than for humans.
Persons: Instagram, hasn't, Adam Mosseri, Smith Organizations: Twitter, Meta Locations: Ukraine, blocklists
Independent experts say that DuckDuckGo blocks known tracking scripts from loading to prevent vulnerable personal identifiers from being exposed, including Microsoft-owned scripts. A separate partnership with Microsoft for advertising on DuckDuckGo’s search results page is limited to ad placements, not tracking users or building profiles, a DuckDuckGo spokesperson said. Users sharing the headline, “Google Lite: DuckDuckGo Signs Secret Deal with Bill Gates to Track Users Online” in April 2023 can be seen (here) and (here). We’re glad this is no longer the case,” the company said in a statement (here)DuckDuckGo’s privacy policy on tracking users can be seen (here). Whether browser privacy protections ever permit user tracking is beyond the scope of this fact check.
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