Twitter recently introduced limits to the number of posts users can view per day. University experts say the move is more than just an issue for young adults who wish to infinitely scroll the app.
On July 1, Twitter owner Elon Musk announced a plan to address data scraping and system manipulation by limiting the number of daily Tweets a person may read. Users responded to the announcement with disapproval, and many sought alternatives to the social networking site.
Meta Platforms, the company behind Instagram and Facebook, launched Twitter’s newest competitor, Threads, on July 5. Keri Stephens, organizational communication technology professor, said Twitter is already losing a lot of people to the new app.
“There’s all these other platforms out there, but the other platforms haven’t set things up in the same way where you can’t find people….