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Short messaging service Threads, Meta’s alternative to X, now has 130 million monthly active users, company boss Mark Zuckerberg said as he presented Facebook’s parent company first quarter results on Thursday. That indicates Threads has gained around 30 million new users within three months. Meta launched the service in the EU in December after months of delay. Zuckerberg had always said that he saw potential for more than 1 billion users with Threads. He emphasized that the service is now being used more than during the initial short-term boost at the launch last summer. Threads is still sma…