Well, the smackdown between billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk is happening. Meta just released Threads on Wednesday, and people are seeing what they can do with this app. Well, one thing you can do with Threads is earn a badge, according to Mashable.
What is Threads?
If you’re not familiar with Threads, don’t feel bad. As of the writing of this article, Threads is only several hours old. Basically, this is Meta’s answer to Twitter. It’s a social media platform that allows you to post text-based posts and gives you the ability to add photos and videos.
You’re also able to repost the posts that you see on the platform, so it copied the Twitter formula down to the letter. However, there are some things that the platform is missing, and fans are waiting for the platform to bring them.
Signing up for Threads is earning people badges
With the whole Twitter verification debacle, there’s been a lot of controversy over badges that help identify you on social media. Meta also brought a verification system across Facebook and Instagram.
Threads doesn’t have a verification system, however. Instead, the badge you get will show you how quickly you signed up for Threads. Say, if you were the 12,000th person to sign up for Threads, then you’ll see a badge on your Instagram profile with the number 12,000.
So, it’s not much of a status symbol. It just shows you that you’re on Thread. When you tap on your badge, you’ll see a panel slide up from the bottom of the screen. There, you’ll be able to jump right to your Threads profile or hide your badge. If you tap on someone else’s badge, then it will take you right to their profile.
How are people liking the app?
So far, this app has been pretty positively received. After using the app for a few hours, it’s stable. There were no issues with the functionality. One thing to know is that, when you’re posting a video, make sure that you tap on the unmute in the video’s preview before posting it. If you don’t then the video will be posted with no audio.
Other than that, the app has been pretty nice to use. If you’re interested in downloading the app, click the link below
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