As Twitter faces a significant new challenge from Instagram offshoot Threads, CEO Linda Yaccarino is defending her turf. As was her wont throughout her tenure heading up advertising sales for NBCUniversal, Yaccarino clapped back after Threads received generally positive response to its Wednesday launch. “We’re often imitated — but the Twitter community can never be duplicated,” Yaccarino tweeted, without naming any specific imitators.
Unlike her occasionally sharp-elbowed digs delivered on the stage of Radio City Music Hall, however, the exec’s message was more a bouquet-toss to users than a poke at rivals. “On Twitter, everyone’s voice matters,” she wrote. “Whether you’re here to watch history unfold, discover REAL-TIME information all over the world, share your opinions, or learn about others — on Twitter YOU can be real.
YOU built the Twitter community. And that’s irreplaceable.” Repeating a term often used by Elon Musk, who bought Twitter last fall for $44 billion, she told users the platform “is your public square.” Threads went live on Wednesday evening.
The app was built “for sharing text updates and joining public conversations,” according to the blog post timed to the launch.
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