In the latest effort by a social media company to capitalize on the unrest at Twitter following Elon Musk’s purchase of the microblogging service last year, the Chinese short-video app TikTok now allows users to create postings that are purely text-based.
The change, which was revealed on Monday, would give TikTok users a choice of backdrops for their text messages so they can include hashtags and tag other users.
The posts, which feature an Instagram Stories-like format, are limited to 1,000 characters, according to the tech news website the Verge.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms (META.O), introduced Threads in July, a new text-only software that might compete with Twitter from Elon Musk.
On Monday, Musk changed the name of Twitter to X and got rid of the recognizable blue bird emblem in an effort to build “an everything app,” Musk rebranded Twitter to X on Monday and got rid with the well-known blue bird emblem.In an effort to build “an everything app,” Musk rebranded Twitter to X on Monday and got rid with the well-known blue bird emblem.
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