Tag: Threads

Half a billion people are using Threads every month

Threads has surpassed 500 million monthly active users, Meta announced on Tuesday, hitting the milestone just shy...

Meta won’t let you block its AI account on Threads

Meta announced on Tuesday that it's testing a Threads feature that lets users tag a Meta AI...

Threads is finally getting DMs on the web

Nearly a year after rolling out Threads direct messaging to everyone on mobile, Meta is finally bringing...

Threads introduces ‘live chats’ for following live events

Meta has introduced a new "live chats" feature to Threads, enabling people on the platform to participate...

Meta is giving Threads on web a redesign that finally adds direct messages

Meta is starting to test a long-overdue facelift for Threads on web. The company's head of Threads...

X’s Exclusive Threads feature lets creators paywall the end of tweet threads

Today, X announced some updates to its creator subscriptions platform. The leading change gives participating accounts the...

The Morning After: Meta turned Threads algorithm complaints into an official feature

Threads users have complained about its recommendation algorithm since the dawn of time 2023. Users even started...

Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ feature lets you tell the algorithm what you want to see

Threads now lets users in the US adjust what is recommended in their feed by writing "Dear...

Meta turned Threads algorithm complaints into an official feature

Threads users have been complaining about its recommendation algorithm pretty much since the beginning of the platform....

Meta is expanding Threads ads to all users globally

Threads has grown enough for Meta to fully integrate it into its advertising machine. On Wednesday, the...

Threads has more global daily users than X on mobile for the first time

Meta’s Threads is pulling further ahead of Elon Musk’s X on mobile, based on recent estimates from...

Threads overtakes X on mobile, but still lags far behind

After launching almost three years ago, Meta's Threads is now reportedly attracting more daily mobile users than...

Threads wants to be the app you can’t wait to open in the morning

This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry,...

Your ‘dear algo’ Threads posts might actually do something soon

In a lot of social media use, the algorithm is an intangible entity, silent and all-powerful in...

Threads is adding features for creators to promote their podcasts

Threads is working on new features that could make the text-based social network a bit more audio-friendly....

Threads is making it easier to hide replies you don’t like

Social media conversations can be vastly more enjoyable when you pick and choose who you're talking with....

Threads reaches 150 million daily users and is ramping up ads

Threads has grown to 150 million daily active users. Mark Zuckerberg shared the latest milestone for the...

Threads now supports group DM

It took two years for Threads to get messaging, but you thankfully don't have to wait that...