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Meta's Threads is surging, but mass migration from Twitter is likely to remain an uphill battle

  • Written by Casey Fiesler, Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Meta's Threads is surging, but mass migration from Twitter is likely to remain an uphill battleMeta's new Threads platform is going gangbusters, but that doesn't mean it will replace Twitter.AP Photo/Richard Drew

Twitter’s move on July 1, 2023, to limit the number of tweets users can see in a day was the latest in a series of decisions that has spurred millions of users to sign up with alternative microblogging platforms since Elon...

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