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Threads Is Becoming the eX-Twitter Killer… After All

Friday, July 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Just a year ago, I once declared Threads dead on arrival. Now it’s quietly kicking Elon’s X into irrelevance — no cage match required. From bots and hate speech to fleeing advertisers and Grok’s antisemitic meltdown, X is imploding. Meanwhile, Threads is gaining ground on users, credibility, and momentum. Turns out iPINIONS was wrong, but… Read more.

Threads Is Not the Twitter Killer We Wanted

Friday, July 5, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Threads one-year anniversary When Meta launched its new app ‘Threads,’ the hype was that it would be a “Twitter killer.” That’s because Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, wasted no time rebranding it as X and turning it into a social media hellscape, which most users seemed desperate to escape. In other words, Twitter was in… Read more.