When we — Brian X. Chen and Mike Isaac, both longtime tech journalists — got an assignment from our editor last week to review Threads, the new social network from Meta, it was like a blast from the past.
Both of us have written about social networks for over a dozen years.
The arrival of Threads, which was spun out of Instagram and is aimed as a prime place for public, real-time conversations, shakes up that scene.
We wondered how we would take to it since one of us — Brian — is a casual Twitter user, and the other — Mike — is a longtime Twitter addict, which might affect our experience with Meta’s new app.
Here’s what we found about Threads’ pros and cons and whether it might become a part of your life.
Persons:
Brian X, Chen, Mike Isaac, —, Brian —, Mike —
Organizations:
Meta, Facebook, Twitter
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Meta