Instagram is no stranger to taking product ideas from other companies and turning them into their own successes. Just ask Snapchat about Instagram Stories or TikTok about Instagram Reels. This time, the company is coming for Twitter with Instagram Threads.
Today, the head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, on why the company now wants to take on Twitter.
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<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Adam Mosseri is the Head of <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/">Instagram</a>, where he is responsible for overseeing the engineering, product, and business teams and leading <a href= "https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/alex-schultz/">Meta's</a> e ... Show More