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Zuckerberg’s ‘Twitter killer’ Threads hits 70m sign-ups in two days (www.theguardian.com)
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Microblogging platform apparently fastest-downloaded ever, with Elon Musk threatening to sue over ‘copycat’ app

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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