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Company Meta, owner of Instagram, WhatsApp e Facebook, is investing in a new social network, which promises to stand up to the microblogging model of Twitter: at the moment, it is being internally called Project 92. About the launch, the technology company just released some images that show a little of the use of the application, in addition to having also informed about invitations made to some famous personalities. 512y2n
For now, the network does not have an official name, but it already has a surveillance service for checking social networks, the ActivityPub. Other important points about the Project 92 and what to Meta is planning for the social network, you can check it out here, at showmetech.
What will be the features of Twitter's rival app? 525d1m
To facilitate the use of the social network, the Chief Product Officer (O) Of the Meta, Chris cox, said the Instagram of s can fuel the use of the new platform. This can stimulate the use of the new social network, whose name can be Threads, (fios, in free translation) — even this possibility of naming reveals a lot about the functionalities that the Project 92 may have, given that this name also refers to the sequences of tweets that s make on the site itself. Twitter, in response to the publications themselves. There are also those who speculate that the new network is called Barcelona.
Still on their duties, the member of the Meta said that the codes for the network project have been produced since January. But it is quite possible that, at first, the new network will not be surprising, as it has already known features: messages, sharing, the “like” button. However, there is no deadline for the launch and the app will be available as soon as the company can get it to be ed and used by everyone.
Which personalities were invited to the new social network? 4n5xn
Dalai Lama, dj slime e Oprah: these are just a few examples of people who are already being probed to be part of the competing network of Twitter. The strategy of resorting to personalities comes in line with one of the missions with which the project is committed, since Cox expects the platform to be more secure than Elon Musk's network.
“We are reaching out to [content] creators and public figures who are interested in having a responsibly managed platform […]”
Chris cox
Apparently, the Twitter is already prepared for new competitors. Elon Musk, CEO do Twitter, has already announced that content creators, who have the verification seal, will be paid for ads that are published in response to their tweets. To begin with, the investor informed that the payment will start with the amount of US$ 5 million (more than R$ 24 million, in the current currency exchange rate).
However, that wasn't the only answer he gave: when he found out about the platform that Meta still going to launch, the head of the social network of the blue bird said “zuck my tongue” (“close my tongue“) in a tweet, making a pun with the name of Mark Zuckeberg. The sentence was published in response to the profile @WallStreetSilv, which shows a screenshot of a news story with the presenter's photo Oprah Winfrey, highlighted:
ActivityPub: what is it and why is the service important? 4h5b3e
The decentralized social networking protocol Activity Pub emerged in 2018, as an internal regulation strategy on the internet. Created thanks to Social Web Working Group (Working Group on Internet Networks), it responds to an increasingly recurring demand for Compliance, that is, greater transparency, surveillance and policing of what is published online. Having this reputation in its favor, the service is already being incorporated into the new Instagram social network.
With the of this service, the social network can be used more securely. Thus, the objective is that the design of the new platform is that it is easy to use and that it has good readability among s. At the same time, Cox hopes it will be a “safe space to build and grow an audience” for a variety of internet creators and influencers.
still, the Activity Pub manages to connect with s of different social networks. Another rival of TwitterFor example, the Mastodon already uses the technology. Incidentally, it is possible that when the new application Meta is officially launched, s of the other competitor of the microblogging social network connect to the project network announced by the company that owns the Instagram.
Do you want to use the new social network? would you change the Twitter for what comes around, with the Project 92? Tell us here, at showmetech
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Source: The Verge | Mac Stories | Forbes | Hindustan Times
reviewed by Glaucon Vital in 12 / 6 / 23.
