Will Threads Spark An Exodus From The Blue Bird App?

Fahizah Shamsuddin, Programme Director and Senior Lecturer, School of Media & Communication, Taylor's University

07-Jul-23 07:30

Will Threads Spark An Exodus From The Blue Bird App?

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Fahizah Shamsuddin, Programme Director and Senior Lecturer, School of Media & Communication, Taylor's University

Descriptor: On Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg launched a new platform, Threads, that is meant to rival Elon Musk's beleaguered Twitter. Will this result in a mass exodus from the blue bird app? Questions we pose to Fahizah Shamsuddin, Senior Lecturer at School of Media & Communication of Taylor's University.

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Produced by: Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Mark Tan, Wong Shou Ning

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Categories: international, technology

Tags: ad limit, threads, twitter, elon musk vs zuckerbeg,

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