Threads is Meta’s New Twitter Killer

This was a crazy week for social media apps, but first the gang talks about the Zenfone 10 now that Andrew has had a chance to use it for a week or two. Then they talk about YouTube testing and Twitter implementing a (temporary?) rate limit on the same Reddit officially started charging for its API. After that, it's all about Threads. The new Twitter-clone that that Meta just launched which Marques had early access to for the last few days. He gives his first impressions on the app and talks about what makes it interesting before we end it all with some trivia. Follow us on Threads if you have the app! Links below.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:55 Zenfone 10 and small phones
11:38 YouTube testing blocking ads
17:38 Trivia question
18:04 Babbel (Sponsored)
19:08 More Twitter and Reddit chaos
22:05 The Reddit API changes began
27:42 Twitter rate limits
35:52 Trivia question
37:11 Ad break
37:13 Threads discussion
57:43 Trivia answers
01:01:42 Outro

Topics discussed:
MrWhosetheBoss video: https://bit.ly/mrwhosethebosssmallphones
YouTube blocking ads: https://bit.ly/youtubeblockingads
Bloomberg Threads in the EU: https://bloom.bg/439Pji5

Shop products mentioned: 
ASUS Zenfone 10 at https://geni.us/XpzHtl

Shop the merch:
https://shop.mkbhd.com

Threads:
Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast
Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd
Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli
David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel
Adam: https:https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17
Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/waveformpodcast/

TikTok: 
https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast

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https://discord.gg/mkbhd

Music by 20syl:
https://bit.ly/2S53xlC

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