THREADS has announced a new sports feature, following its direct competitor.
The social media platform, owned by Meta as part of the Facebook and Instagram suite, will offer live MLB scores starting Thursday.
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Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announced the big change via threads on Thursday.
“Live scores have been a hit with NBA fans – and starting today, we’re excited to bring the feature to baseball fans with the launch of live scores for MLB games,” he said. he wrote.
The app’s direct competitor, X, formerly Twitter, has been offering this feature for a long time, since 2014.
Threads began testing a live scoring feature in March with NBA scores, and following its success is looking to expand the offering.
“We will continue to expand live scores to cover more sports and leagues,” joked Mosseri.
He then turned to the “growing Baseball Threads community” to provide feedback on the feature.
People quickly applauded the change.
“Amazing!!! I’m already watching for Baseball!!! Keep up the good work too!!!” wrote one person, sharing a screenshot of some game results.
“As a baseball fan, I’m happy that live scores for MLB games are starting,” added another.
Many took him up on his invitation to get feedback and request that other sports be added to the live results offerings.
“You should focus on live results from the next football Eurocup (basically starting now),” one user wrote.
“I remember when I was working at Twitter, the first World Cup was a huge boost in engagement,” they continued.
Others equally agreed with the desire for football to be the next sport added.
“What about football? When will we see important games like the Euros?” shared another sports fan.
Another argued that it would have been a better business move to start live football results before MLB results.
“I rarely complain, @mosseri, but if ever there was an opportunity to extend this feature to another sport: the Euros start literally tomorrow,” they wrote.
“That was the play. Opening game Germany v Scotland, Threads release live scores. Crowd goes crazy etc.”
TWITTER RACE
As direct competitors, Threads and X, formerly Twitter, have faced each other since the beginning of the former.
Within hours of its launch, more than 10 million users signed up for Threads.
Shortly after the launch, X CEO Elon Musk intervened, shading the new social media platform.
“It is infinitely preferable to be attacked by strangers on Twitter than to indulge in the false happiness of hiding your pain from Instagram,” he wrote on his own app.
Despite Musk’s insistence on the superiority of his app, consumers claimed that the launch of Thread marked the end of Twitter.
“Twitter is truly dead,” wrote one user.
“Twitter is dead, so check out my thread, I’m not even going to lie. Thread is the wildest fun app I’ve ever used,” added another.
In a survey carried out by At US Sun, 12% more respondents chose Threads over Twitter, but nearly 50% said they wouldn’t use either platform.
Who is Mark Zuckerberg, the owner of Meta?
Here’s what you need to know…
- Mark Zuckerberg is the president, CEO and co-founder of social media giant Facebook
- Born in White Plains, New York, in 1984, Zuckerberg already had a “reputation as a programming prodigy” when he started college
- While at Harvard, Zuckerberg launched a website called Face Mash, where students rated the attractiveness of their classmates.
- Harvard shut down the site after its popularity took down a network, and Zuckerberg later apologized saying it was “completely inappropriate.”
- The following semester, he began working on an early version of Facebook
- The 33-year-old launched the social network from his dorm room on February 4, 2004 with the help of fellow students
- The friends would end up involved in legal disputes when they challenged Zuckerberg over company shares
- Zuckerberg also faced lawsuits from Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, as well as Divya Narendra, who claimed he stole their idea – the disagreement was later turned into the film, The Social Network
- Tech prodigy dropped out of Harvard to focus on Facebook, but received an honorary degree in 2017
- Speaking about the site to Wired magazine in 2010, he said: “What I really care about is the mission, making the world open.”
- In 2012, Facebook had one billion users. In June 2017, it reached two billion users every month
- By 2024, Facebook will reach 3.05 billion monthly users
- Mark Zuckerberg’s estimated net worth is $165 billion, making him the fourth richest person in the world
- Zuckerberg is married to Priscilla Chan, also a Harvard alumnus, whom he began dating in 2003.
- The couple has three daughters, as well as a Puli dog named Beast.
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