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  • Interview with Threads: “Come to Me All Ye Who Are Heavy Ladenâ€� 

    We spoke to Threads, and they need Twitter to understand, “It’s just business.� To the users, their doors are open for them to give you rest.

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    91¿´Æ¬ÍøÕ¾ walks into a big corner office in Meta’s HQ and sees Threads lounging in a big seat.

    Threads: Welcome!

    91¿´Æ¬ÍøÕ¾ looks around the office.

    Threads: You like it, right? It’s mine.

    91¿´Æ¬ÍøÕ¾: Is it?

    Threads: I have my own computer and chair, and look at my coffee station.

    91¿´Æ¬ÍøÕ¾ looks at what Threads is pointing at — a tray with 3-in-1 coffee sachets, two plastic cups and a hot water flask.

    91¿´Æ¬ÍøÕ¾: So you left Twitter for…

    Threads flies out of her executive chair and shuts the door.

    Threads: Don’t say that name here.

    91¿´Æ¬ÍøÕ¾: But that’s your former employer.

    Threads: Please, the fact that people make a couple threads on that app doesn’t mean anything. I’m my own boss now.

    91¿´Æ¬ÍøÕ¾: You answer to Instagram and Meta, so technically, you’re not.

    Threads:

    Did they send you?

    91¿´Æ¬ÍøÕ¾: Who? 

    Threads: (whispers) Twitter. 

    91¿´Æ¬ÍøÕ¾:

    Threads: 30 million sign ups in less than 24 hours is not beans o. They must be astonished by my good fortune. 

    91¿´Æ¬ÍøÕ¾: Okay, that was actually impressive. How did you do that?

    Threads:

    What can I say? The work speaks for itself.

    91¿´Æ¬ÍøÕ¾:

    Threads: Look, it’s not my fault that app is going to shit. I didn’t tell anybody to put a daily limit on tweets or to make videos stop in the middle and start playing from the top again. I didn’t ask anyone to make their app glitch. It just did.

    91¿´Æ¬ÍøÕ¾: The app started to behave one kind sha.

    Threads: Okay, you too you’re seeing it. That’s why I made my app. It’s a safe space for all who are tired of that mess. You already know the people on the app. You just have to sign in and… thread?

    91¿´Æ¬ÍøÕ¾:

    Thread: Tread carefully.

    91¿´Æ¬ÍøÕ¾:

    Threads: Yeah, me neither. Sew?

    91¿´Æ¬ÍøÕ¾: It’s not the worst. But “Tweetâ€� still sounds better sha.

    Threads: I’ll think up something better later.

    91¿´Æ¬ÍøÕ¾: You should.

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