More from Instagram’s Threads: all the updates on the new Twitter competitor
DomainInvesting spotted the Whois-listed change yesterday.
Last year, threads.com was just the website for a Slack-like app — you can imagine the traffic it got when Meta launched its Twitter alternative. Shopify bought Threads-the-company in June, though, perhaps clearing the way for Meta to scoop the domain for Threads-the-platform. And just in time for its Connect event, no less!
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I’ve enjoyed the sliding image carousels on Threads — although it still lacks a toggle to disable autoplaying video — and now Meta’s Twitter-like app can hold up to 20 photos in one post.
That matches the upgrade Instagram announced in August and should be enough for your next visually provocative masterpiece.
During the FediForum conference, Threads showed off a new link that leads directly to its fediverse sharing settings. This may seem like a small update, but it could make it easier to convince other users to toggle on the feature, as they won’t have to dig through their settings themselves.
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You’ll now start seeing replies from other parts of the fediverse under posts that aren’t yours, as shared by Threads’ Peter Cottle. Nice way to see more posts from other ActivityPub-based platforms.
Meta is now testing posts that will disappear after just 24 hours, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. (You may recall Twitter’s short-lived version of this, Fleets.)
When replying to one, you’ll see a timer next to the person’s name, along with a banner at the top that says the post will disappear, taking any replies with it, the outlet writes.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said yesterday that the platform is close to reaching 200 million monthly active users, and now it’s official.
Spotted by Radu Oncescu, it lets you view custom feeds from your homepage in the mobile app (as you already can on the redesigned desktop app), so you can easily access posts you’ve saved, liked, and filtered only to show posts by people you’re following.
With one year completed for Instagram’s Twitter-like app, Meta illustrator Jez Burrows is showing off some of the other options that were on the table to represent Threads.
Presumably, that tab will show you all of the images and video someone has posted, which is how the Media tab works on X.
The potential new feature was discovered by developer and frequent feature-finder Alessandro Paluzzi.
Following the introduction of live NBA scores, Threads will have live MLB scores “starting today,” Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced. You can see MLB scores by searching for a game while it’s happening or within one day of when it ends, according to spokesperson Alec Booker.
The company plans to “continue expanding live scores to cover more sports and leagues,” Mosseri said.
Update, June 13th: Added new details and an image from Meta.
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri posted that Threads users can now limit who can quote their posts.
Or so TechCrunch writes — Mosseri’s post seems to be gone, but the feature is there for me. If you have it too, you’ll see “Anyone can reply & quote” at the bottom when starting a new post to get the new options.
