Threads now also in Germany
The first celebrities are already posting
The short message service Threads is now also available in Germany.
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The X-Alternative Threads are now also available in Germany. The first celebrities have already jumped on board.
‘After Threads originally launched in more than 100 countries in the summer, it is now Europe’s turn. German Internet users can now register on Meta’s short message platform. The first German and European celebrities have already posted on the new platform in this country.
Easy to get started for Instagram users
In order to use threads, interested parties can use their existing ones Use your Instagram account to log in and adapt your profile for the platform, explains Mark Zuckerberg’s (39) Meta in a press release. However, it is currently also possible to view other people’s posts without having your own profile. However, if you want to interact with other users, you need an account.
The industry association Bitkom welcomes the launch of the platform in Germany. Social media is “an essential part of the online world as we know it today: 89 percent of German Internet users aged 16 and over use social networks – that corresponds to around 54 million people,” says Managing Director Dr. Bernhard Rohleder quoted in a statement. Such platforms play “an important role in our opinion-pluralistic society. More diversity and competition through new offerings strengthen freedom of expression – and the opportunity for citizens to inform themselves and exchange information.” In addition to Mastodon or Bluesky, Threads is another alternative to Elon Musk’s (52) X, formerly Twitter.
Donatella Versace starts with a play on words
The first German and European celebrity users include football star Toni Kroos (33) and the Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace (68). While Kroos published a Christmas childhood picture and asked if everyone was ready for the party, Versace answered with a clever play on words: Maybe it’s her first day on the platform, but after all she is also the “Queen of Threads”. The designer is alluding to her work, because “threads” means, among other things, the plural of yarn or thread.
Meanwhile, ProSieben gave the presenter duo Joko Winterscheidt (44) and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf (40) a joint “Joko & Klaas” account. Are on Instagram on a corresponding profile to find all sorts of adventures between the two of them around their shows. To get started there was here a simple “GuMo”, i.e. “Good morning”. Winterscheidt reported, among other things with an “It’s Britney, bxtch.”