{"id":31513,"date":"2023-03-11T17:20:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T17:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/meta-exploring-plans-for-twitter-rival"},"modified":"2023-03-11T18:47:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T18:47:29","slug":"meta-exploring-plans-for-twitter-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/meta-exploring-plans-for-twitter-rival","title":{"rendered":"Meta exploring plans for Twitter rival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Meta, the parent firm of Facebook and Instagram, is working on a standalone, text-based social network app.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It could rival both Twitter and its decentralised competitor, Mastodon.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson told the BBC: &#8220;We&#8217;re exploring a standalone decentralized social network for sharing text updates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe there&#8217;s an opportunity for a separate space where creators and public figures can share timely updates about their interests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A Twitter-like app would allow Meta to take advantage of the current chaos at the Elon Musk-led company, where cost-cutting has been rampant.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter has been struggling to hold on to its advertising base since Mr Musk&#8217;s takeover of the platform late last year.<\/p>\n<p>Companies have pulled back spending following Twitter&#8217;s move to restore suspended accounts and release a paid account verification which resulted in scammers impersonating firms.<\/p>\n<p>According to MoneyControl, the new app is codenamed P92, and will allow users to log in through their existing Instagram credentials.<\/p>\n<p>Meta&#8217;s app will be based on a similar framework to the one that powers Mastodon, a Twitter-like service which was launched in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The new app would be decentralised &#8211; it cannot be run at the whim of a single entity, bought or sold.<\/p>\n<p>Meta&#8217;s plans come at a time when its biggest platform, Facebook, is struggling to attract the attention of a younger audience.<\/p>\n<p>It has also heavily invested in the metaverse, a virtual world where users interact and work &#8211; which has yet to come to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>Its video-sharing app, Instagram, is also facing stiff competition as content makers or hit influencers abandon the platform for TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear when Meta would roll out the new app.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. 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