And BBC News reports that it will be available from Thursday.
Eyebrows have been raised at the name for the new platform. It's Threads, which was also the title of a famously bleak 1984 television drama.
Written by Barry Hines, it showed the effects of a nuclear attack on Britain - and on Sheffield in particular.
If only Meta had a senior executive who used to be one of the MPs for that city. Then they would have been saved from making this unfortunate choice.
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Very neat, Mr Calder!!
I almost missed the kick in that last paragraph, stronger than that of even the liveliest G&T.
Given the dystopian censorship applied to legacy and social media these days, a reference to 1984 is rather appropriate.
Is it welcome? Surely it would be better for a new rival or a platform without a single owner to emerge. Mastodon looked promising a few months ago but seems to have lost momentum.
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