Meta will formally launch Threads, its text-based Twitter competitor, on Thursday, however for many who need to get forward of the launch, there is a option to entry your invitation now.

The social media big, which owns Instagram and Fb, will debut its new app days after Elon Musk stated Twitter would quickly restrict the variety of tweets customers can learn. The speed limits drove customers to competing apps like Bluesky, the app backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, which skilled “record-high traffic” on Saturday.

However whereas Bluesky stays in an invite-only beta section, Meta would not appear to have restrictions on who can use Threads, apart from the requirement to have an Instagram account. Though the app is ready to launch within the U.S. on Thursday, customers based mostly within the E.U. will reportedly have to wait.

This is how one can get began.

1. Open the Instagram app, search “Threads”

Open the Instagram app and open the Discover web page by clicking the magnifying glass icon within the backside left.

Kind the phrase “Threads” into the search bar, and you need to see a small ticket emoji seem on the far proper.

2. Faucet the “Admit One” ticket within the search bar

Click on the “Admit One” ticket, and your Threads invitation ought to seem. The invite consists of your username, the Threads launch date and time, a QR code, a numeric code and a “Get Threads” button on the backside of the display screen, which takes you to the App Retailer.

Though Threads is listed within the App Retailer, it is not accessible for obtain but.

3. Open your profile, faucet the three traces

For those who do not see a ticket seem within the search bar, it’s also possible to entry the invite by clicking the three traces on the highest proper of your profile.

A “Threads” choice will seem close to the highest of the drop-down menu. Click on it to view your invite.

As of now, your Threads username seems the identical as your Instagram username. It’s unclear whether or not it is potential to alter it, and customers will know extra as soon as the app formally launches Thursday.