Threads

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Threads is a Twitter-like social media service launched by Meta Platforms on 2023-07-06 UTC. It currently has partial ActivityPub support, which the team is working on expanding to full support.

Features

• rel-me support added 2023-08-09, see rel-me#Threads

Criticism

Accessibility

• 2023-07-07 Camryn Manker: A few accessibility and feature misses with the Threads launch (archived)

Kelsey Lindell criticized Threads for the accessibility issues in a post on LinkedIn, then her Instagram account was suspended:

• 2023-07-06 Kelsey Lindell: Kelsey Lindell’s LinkedIn post (archived)
• 2023-07-07 Kelsey Lindell: Kelsey Lindell’s follow-up post (archived)

See Also

• Requires sign-in with Instagram identity, and re-use of Instagram username/handle.
• Criticism: 2023-07-06 Zuck’s New Threads Are Lame
• Feature: re-uses block list from Instagram: e.g. in IG prefs UI for list of blocked accounts:

  Blocked Accounts
  
  Accounts are blocked on both Instagram and Threads.

• Criticism: 2023-07-06 Facebook's Threads is so depressing / Like a $19 turkey sandwich at an airport
• Criticism: 2023-07-17 We Don’t Need Threads. We Need a Break / It’s the fastest-growing app in history. Its success proves we’re addicted to something we know is bad for us
• 2024-03-21 Engineering at Meta Corporation: Threads has entered the fediverse

  … in a few countries, including the US, Threads users aged 18+ with public profiles can now choose to federate their profiles.

• Export info: https://www.threads.net/@hober/post/C_Oi4l9SpCu

  A thread about threads on Threads. Specifically, on what's included (and not included) in the your_instagram_activity/threads/threads_and_replies.json file in the "download/export all of my instagram/threads data" zip file.