News & Reviews:   threads

Threads is reportedly testing a feature that will allow you to write long articles on the platform. When used, short excerpts of long essays will be displayed in a small grey window. So, what should you know about it?

Threads, Meta’s microblogging platform, has now surpassed 400 million monthly active users, adding 50 million since the last reported quarter.

Threads has rolled out a new feature allowing users to share images directly in direct messages (DMs), further expanding the platform’s messaging capabilities.

Meta has introduced a new way to access Threads by allowing users to sign up using their Facebook accounts. This move aims to simplify the onboarding process and improve integration across Meta’s platforms.

Meta has started testing a spoiler-hiding feature on Threads, allowing users to blur specific parts of their posts. Announced by Instagram and Threads head Adam Mosseri, the tool gives creators the ability to mark text or images as spoilers during post creation. Once published, this content is blurred, and viewers can choose whether or not to tap and reveal it.

Mark Zuckerberg now shares that Threads is adding around 1 million new users every day. After having around 300 million active users in December 2024, according to the latest figures shared by Mark Zuckerberg, Threads now has 320 million monthly active users.

A few months ago, X introduced Stories for paid users. It's a Grok-powered generative AI feature that sums up current news. Now, the same feature is also currently being tested by Meta on Threads. However, this feature focuses on the hottest topics (Trending now) instead of news. So, what should you know about it?

Is there a mass migration from X to other social media platforms? If the words of the head of the Threads platform Adam Mosseri are true, it is indeed happening. So, what should you know about it?

Who else remembers the days of Yahoo! Messenger? If you want to know if your friend is active, just look at the green round icon. This feature is also available on Facebook, MySpace and more. So, what should you know about it?

Meta now shared that their social service, Threads, is testing a new feature. If everything goes well, your posts shares disappear after 24 hours of being published. This will make it easier for users to share some things that may not be so important that they want to keep on their social profiles. So, what should you know about it?