Dozens of Twitter employees spotted on Meta’s new social platform: 'Threads is just better'

Meta’s Threads now has over 107 million users, research shows.

This news could needle Elon Musk: It seems his employees are joining the millions flocking to rival Meta’s buzzworthy new app — which looks a lot like Twitter.

Meta PlatformsInc. META recently launched its new Threads social media platform, and has reportedly amassed 107 million users in just its first week, which would make it the fastest-growing app in history. “I’m going to get fired for this, but I work at Twitter right now and have never really used it. Threads is just better,” another Twitter employee wrote on Threads last week. “Here’s to a new world!”

The company formerly known as Facebook has a history of copycat products including Reels, Instagram Stories, and Facebook Marketplace.

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