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Meta’s Threads surges to 320m users amid growing popularity
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Threads users to see followers, likes from third party platforms

Instagram head Adam Mosseri revealed that Threads users connected to the fediverse can now see followers and likes from other platforms like Mastodon and Pixelfed. This update also extends the time for users to edit their posts from five to 15 minutes, allowing for greater flexibility. Users can access these new features by tapping on […]

Meta's Threads hits 175m monthly users amid challenges
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Meta’s Threads hits 175m monthly users amid challenges

CEO of Meta Platforms, Mark Zuckerberg, announced on Wednesday that Threads, the company’s social media offering, has surpassed 175 million monthly active users ahead of its first anniversary. Threads, introduced as a competitor to X (formerly Twitter), debuted on app stores on July 5 last year amidst the chaotic takeover of X by Elon Musk, […]

Meta's Threads hits 175m monthly users amid challenges
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Threads tests filter for search results

Meta’s social network Threads is currently undergoing testing for a new “Recent” filter, aimed at sorting search results based on the most recent posts. This development, announced by Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Monday, is being rolled out as part of a “limited test” and is currently available to only a select group of users. […]

Meta to temporarily shut down Threads in Turkey
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Meta to temporarily shut down Threads in Turkey

Meta announced on Monday its decision to temporarily close Threads in Turkey starting April 29, following an interim injunction issued by the Turkish competition authority last month. This move comes in response to concerns raised about Meta’s data-sharing practices between Threads and Instagram. The Turkish Competition Authority (found that Meta was unfairly combining user data […]

Meta's Threads app introduces live sports scores feature
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Meta’s Threads app introduces live sports scores feature

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday that Threads, the Twitter-like app from Instagram, is introducing live scores for sports games. Currently, in testing for NBA games, Threads plans to expand support to additional leagues in the future. This move aligns with Threads’ ongoing competition with X, which has offered live scores for sports games […]

Meta's Threads hits 175m monthly users amid challenges
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Threads adds bookmarking feature to app

Meta’s Threads is introducing a bookmarking feature aimed at allowing users to privately save posts for later reference without the need for a public “like.” Bookmarking has proven popular among former X users and individuals who consume a substantial amount of news. It enables users to curate a collection of links and posts for future […]

Threads tests in-app camera shortcut, drafts
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Threads tests in-app camera shortcut, drafts

Meta on Thursday, announced the initiation of testing for two highly requested features on Instagram: drafts and an in-app camera. Instagram head Adam Mosseri mentioned that these features are currently accessible to a limited number of users. For users granted access to the drafts feature, they can save a single post at a time. The […]

Meta's Threads app introduces live sports scores feature
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Threads users can now appeal inappropriate contents — Meta

Meta’s Oversight Board, the external advisory group, declared on Thursday that it is broadening its jurisdiction to include Threads, in addition to Facebook and Instagram, to scrutinize Meta’s decisions regarding content moderation. Users on Threads now have the option to appeal to the Oversight Board if dissatisfied with Meta’s determinations on issues such as content […]

Meta's Threads app introduces live sports scores feature
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Meta’s Threads to launch in Europe

Meta’s text-based social network Threads, which launched in July, will make its European debut next month, according to the Wall Street Journal. Meta may make its app available to users in the region for consumption in view-only mode in order to comply with EU legislation. This implies that seeing postings won’t always require creating a […]

Meta's Threads hits 175m monthly users amid challenges
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Meta to introduce Threads API – Official

Instagram head Adam Mosseri has disclosed that Twitter rival, Threads has an API in the works. Developers will now be able to create unique apps and experiences centred around Threads. Journalist Casey Newton was discussing a Threads experience that resembled TweetDeck with a user when Mosseri responded. The head of Instagram voiced concerns about publishers […]

Threads introduces edit button
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Threads introduces edit button

Meta on Thursday launched an edit button for Threads. With the new feature, you have five minutes after posting to edit your post as many times as you’d like. When you wish to fix an error in a post, you have to delete it and then repost it. Contrary to X, formerly Twitter, which just […]

Threads introduces edit button
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Threads launches web version

Threads, Meta’s rival to Twitter as the preferred platform for celebrities, businesses, and governments, is now accessible on the web. The most active users of social media during work hours are thought to be professionals and members of the media, thus a web version of Threads is viewed as essential to luring them in. “Threads.net […]