Inside the Social Platform: The Design Choices That Could Help Threads Stay Viral (& What Could’ve Inspired Them)
In July 2023, Mark Zuckerberg launched Meta’s much-anticipated X competitor: Threads. Meta’s vision for this new social platform was to offer “a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations” that was built on the foundation of Instagram’s existing community, content, and infrastructure. As explained in Meta’s official announcement, “Threads is to take what…