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How TikTok saved Threads

Market competition rescues Instagram's messaging app from obscurity

Casey Newton
Nov 25, 2020
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How TikTok saved Threads

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Programming note: With news on this beat slowing to a trickle, I’m going to take tomorrow off the newsletter. I’ll be back on Monday; as always, you can find the posting schedule here.

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Threads (Facebook)

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