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digitpatrox7 days ago
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How to reshare Threads posts without quote posting

There has been some initial pushback on it. A photographer on Threads complained that “there will be a small watermark-like credit on the photo, but there won’t be a link back to your account.” Curious, I tried out the new feature, went to see if there was indeed no link back to the original post, and followed bryanhansel’s instructions for…
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digitpatrox1 week ago
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Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has more than 100 million daily active users

Threads now has more than 100 million daily active users, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Monday. It’s a notable milestone not just because it’s a big number; it’s also the first time Meta has a daily active user figure publicly. In recent weeks, Meta has been very vocal about Threads’ growth after a lot of people flocked to Bluesky.…
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digitpatrox2 weeks ago
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You Can Now Follow Mastodon Users on Threads (Sort Of)

Threads users can finally follow Mastodon accounts—sort of. The change, part of Thread’s multi-year plan to integrate with the Fediverse, means it’s now possible to find Mastodon and other compatible social media accounts in Threads. You can also click the follow button, though not much will happen if you do—posts from those accounts don’t show up in Threads, either in…
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digitpatroxNovember 26, 2024
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Threads Is Testing the Ability to Pick Your Default Feed

On Friday, I wrote about how Threads is making some big changes to its platform—namely, the “For you” feed will start prioritizing accounts you follow, rather than accounts you don’t. To me, that sounds like how a social media platform should operate in the first place, but, hey, it’s “new.” It seemed obvious impetus for the change is the recent…
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digitpatroxNovember 23, 2024
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Threads Is Trying to Make Itself More Like Bluesky

Bluesky is certainly having a moment. The platform now has over 21 million users, and those users are active: posting, sharing, following new accounts, and creating starter packs for other users to join, too. Meta is, no doubt, seeing this success, and wants a piece of it for its similar platform, Threads. While Threads has way more users at the…
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digitpatroxNovember 15, 2024
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Threads is testing custom feeds for your favorite topics

Threads is testing a way to create custom feeds for certain profiles or topics, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday. The upcoming feature should make it easier to keep tabs on different interests, such as your favorite sports team or even technology-related news. It sounds similar to the custom feeds feature Bluesky rolled out last year — but Threads’…
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digitpatroxOctober 31, 2024
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Croissant Is an iPhone App That Posts to Mastodon, Threads, and Bluesky at Once

Social media has been weird—well, weirder—ever since the death of Twitter. Those of us who have moved on from X have been forced to search out our friends on on some combination of Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads, and while there’s some hope that all these services will eventually be joined together in the Fediverse, right now they’re only kind of…
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digitpatroxOctober 22, 2024
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Celebrity jet-tracking accounts disappear from Threads and Instagram

Jack Sweeney, who gained notoriety for his @ElonJet account on X and maintained many of the suspended accounts, said on Threads that the development is “reminiscent of all my accounts getting suspended on Twitter.” The shuttered accounts, which used publicly available data to show the flight paths of private jets, initially displayed a message on Monday that read, “The link…
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digitpatroxOctober 9, 2024
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Threads is working on a community groups feature

Threads is working on a new community feature that will seemingly allow users to group together around particular topics and interests, TechCrunch reports. Developer Chris Messina spotted references to “Loops” in the code for Threads’ latest app update, which vaguely describes something similar to the “Communities” feature on X or even subreddits. The code mentions things like the ability to…
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digitpatroxSeptember 28, 2024
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Meta blocks links to the hacked JD Vance dossier on Threads, Instagram, and Facebook

Meta is restricting links on Threads, Instagram, and Facebook that lead to Ken Klippenstein’s newsletter containing a JD Vance dossier that was allegedly nabbed in an Iranian hack of the Trump campaign. The company has apparently removed posts containing the link and is seemingly blocking links to PDFs of the dossier being hosted elsewhere. Meta spokesperson Dave Arnold emailed Meta’s…
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