Meta is poised to unveil a new app that appears to mimic Twitter — a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by Elon Musk. A listing for the app, called Threads, appeared on Apple's App Store, indicating it would debut as early as Thursday. It is billed as a “text-based conversation app" that is linked to Instagram, with the listing teasing a Twitter-like microblogging experience. “Threads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what'll be trending tomorrow,” it said. For more: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-world/meta-threads-twitter-rival/507-a83c107e-6002-4591-9709-0171758badd9 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay