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A Threads Guide – Taking a look at the new App

Threads is a new social media application that has been created by Meta, the parent company of Facebook which also owns other popular social media and communication applications such as Instagram and Whatsapp. It has been billed as a direct competitor to Twitter and so has been inspired by its design and features – and with this it has been capitilising on discontent with Twitter since Elon Musk took it over and enacted a bunch of unpopular changes and features including Twitter Blue, paywalling API access, and rate limiting.  

The discontent with Twitter has spawned and popularised various other competitors to Twitter such as Bluesky and Mastodon but these are not seen as having the capability to truly take on Twitter, at least not anywhere in the near future. Threads on the other hand is controlled and built by one of the big social media monopolies and so is a clear, present, and quite immediate threat that is experiencing massive growth despite only being released last week – it has already reached the 100 million user milestone and has become the fastest growing platform of all time, taking the crown from ChatGPT. But it still has a way to go yet to outpace Twitter in total user count.  

One of the reasons for its quick growth is the fact it is connected to Instagram – with followers able to be ported over from the application into Threads meaning one does not need to start from scratch (as long as they already had an existing Instagram account) – which can be one of the big sticking points when deciding whether or not to leave one social media for another. Although you can try and encourage your followers to follow you to a new platform, it is very rarely fruitful – so the ability to simply port over your follower count from Instagram is one of the big reasons it has taken off so well as it stands.  

This of course though does mean you will need an Instagram account in order to get a Threads account. As it stands it is impossible to say if Threads will ultimately beat Twitter in the space, there is likely a bunch of Twitter users who have less popular Instagram feeds (or don’t have Instagram at all) who will decide to stay on Twitter where they remain more popular – as again the issue of getting people to move over from one application to another is no easy task. Many may also simply choose to use both Twitter and Threads, more so if their Twitter has more followers and attraction.  

One of the other attractive things about Threads is that your growth will not (at least currently) rely on the need to buy some kind of premium subscription like it does on Twitter – on Twitter if you do not have Twitter Blue then you are at a major disadvantage in building a following and gaining interaction on your posts, it has been proven that Twitter’s algorithm now greatly favours premium accounts more than freemium and the For You feed – where much discovery takes place – only features recommendations from premium accounts.  

I can say for myself with this blog that since the changes made by Elon Musk to Twitter the space has become much less fruitful for me with far less interaction and since API access is now paywalled I can no longer rely on WordPress to automatically publish my blog posts to Twitter – which I can now only do manually. Perhaps in the future Threads will gain support for (hopefully non-paywalled) API access that will allow auto-publishing of content like Twitter used to. My blog posts also no longer seem to embed properly on the website either.  

Creating a Threads Account  

As already said Threads is interconnected with Instagram and so you will need an Instagram account. If you already have one, then this is even better since you can port over all your followers to Threads rather than needing to manually try and get people to come over. If you do not have an Instagram account, then you will need to create and register for one.  

Now since Threads is a separate application you will need to download the Threads app from the relevant app store – its name is Threads, an Instagram app. It is not currently available on the browser or as a desktop application like Instagram is (although it can be downloaded for Chromebook from the Google Play store) – it can only be downloaded currently on either the Google Play or Apple app stores for mobile or tablet. Although there are methods to emulate it on desktop.  

Supported devices for iOS are iPhones and iPod Touch with iOS version 14 or later. Android device requirements vary by device but most should be compatible unless extremely old and outdated. If Twitter or Instagram works on your device, then Threads certainly will as it is a lot less complex currently than either of those two apps.  

Once the application is downloaded and installed on to the device it will ask you to login with your Instagram account – which may or may not be detected automatically by the application. It is possible to switch to a different Instagram account by tapping the link at the bottom of the screen when the application is first opened.  

Once you have selected an Instagram account and connected it to Threads the profile setup begins: 

The Name is automatically synched with Instagram and so cannot be edited here from Threads – changing it requires changing your name/username on Instagram which will then copy over to the connected Threads account.  

Next up you can either manually write a bio for your account and put in some links to promote your website or other social media accounts – or anything you want. But if you do not want to write the bio or links from scratch then you can tap the button at the bottom to port it over from Instagram instead. Since my Instagram is new I’ll just write my own bio and link to my blog.  

As for profile picture you can add one from your device or port your current Instagram profile picture over. Just tap the grey circle.

After that simple profile setup it will ask you to choose from one of two privacy levels for your Threads account – either Public where anyone on or off Threads can see, share and interact with your content – or Private where only followers you approve can see, share and interact with your content. Don’t worry too much what you choose as you can easily change it later on in the profile settings.  

Next up Threads gives you some information about how Threads works, including hinting at some future stuff, and also tells you how it handles your data. So, some basic things here – obviously the fact that Instagram powers and integrates with Threads – your Threads and Instagram information is used to personalise ads and other experiences across both apps (although currently Threads does not support or have advertisements this will almost certainly change in the near future) – and then it talks about something known as the fediverse… 

What is the Fediverse?  

If you hopped on the Mastodon hype train when it first got going you may have come across this term as well as other terms such as ‘decentralised’. Decentralised social media are in basic terms social media applications that are either on the blockchain (which is related to cryptocurrency) and/or on independent servers – as in servers not controlled by monopolies or other large Big Tech companies like Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, etc. The aim of decentralised applications is to prevent so-called ‘walled gardens’ being created by different applications that prevent interaction between each other and aim to compete rather than cooperate. In essence information and content is often siloed away and unable to be seen and interacted with unless an account is created – requiring personally identifying information to be handed over outside of your direct control. 

There is much worry that now-a-days Big Tech companies and monopolies control too much of the World Wide Web through gigantic social media applications and software that powers many websites and applications that exist and that what once made the internet unique – its interconnectivity between different users and websites, a level playing field between everything, its independence, and its largely free access and anonymous nature – is being stripped away. People fear one day the web will be largely owned by monopolies which would have great power to largely censor people, groups, movements, political beliefs, and control large amounts of people’s personal information giving one single company undue influence and control.  

Even in cases where new applications are created by individuals or smaller companies, they will often use proprietary software, Cloud storage, and servers that are owned by much larger companies or monopolies which can potentially give them unfair advantages and make it harder for such applications to become competitive. For example, the application will need to play by the rules of the larger company that owns the servers and that distributes the application or face being locked out – we have seen examples where applications that fail to follow Apple’s rules for example being barred from the Apple app store, leading them to lose out on a large userbase and will in effect struggle. We have also seen cases where Amazon Web Services have stopped hosting websites – and whether you agree with such particular circumstances or not, it can be seen as worrying that one company has such power when looking beyond the scope of the ground-level and charged issues and feelings that led to them.  

The aims of having a decentralised social media network – and a decentralised web in general – is to improve privacy, security, and give people control over their personal data, digital identity, and content, and foster transparency. They will also aim to protect free speech, stop censorship, prevent control and manipulation over content, and stop third parties from owning, collecting, and selling user data.  

It also goes deeper than that into things like Web3 technologies that include cryptocurrencies and NFTs as new ways to make money that is also decentralised from fiat currency (normal centralised money used by people every day in basic terms). But I think we get the gist at this point.  

Control over the web is something people are becoming increasingly concerned about and as such it has attracted the attention of some big players – which some people may see as counterproductive in itself as the whole point of decentralisation is to ultimately break up the control and influence of the Big Tech providers and monopolies on the web. So, not everyone is on board with Meta (Mark Zuckerburg’s company that owns Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, and now Threads, among others) getting involved with the fediverse which is connected to the decentralisation movement. Naturally, people worry this may be Meta’s way of taking control over the protocols and methods that would truly allow a decentralised and free world wide web.  

The fediverse is a social network of different servers operated by third parties that are connected and can communicate with each other – nothing is siloed away or put into a walled garden between the different applications a part of the fediverse, they would be able to interact with each other just like how different email applications can (just imagine if Gmail could only send emails to and receive emails from Gmail accounts). Email shows that such interconnectivity is possible.  

Although each server on the fediverse is independent, they can still freely communicate with each other via servers within the fediverse, just as long as they run on the same protocol. ActivityPub is one of the proposed protocols to power the fediverse, and the one that Meta has chosen to use for Threads at some point in the future – making Threads a part of the fediverse. Of course, again, people worry that Meta could hijack the ActivityPub protocol in this way so it can still maintain some degree of power and influence during the rise of a decentralised age.  

Servers on the fediverse will be distributed and decentralised – changes on one server will not affect others. So, for one this can affect the way posts are deleted – although you can delete posts on Threads and Threads can ask other servers to delete posts that have originated from them – those other servers still have ultimate control over whether those posts are deleted or not. So, this could also present some issues if you happen to post something a bit unwise – but that means it will be more important than ever to think before you post, and more important than ever to consider your privacy options.  

The plan for Threads – at least for now – is that you will one day be able to use it to communicate with other fediverse platforms that are not owned or controlled by Meta. So – your Threads profile could have the ability to follow or be followed by users from different independent servers on the fediverse. So, it would be possible for your content and information to easily be shared with these independent servers – you could post information on another server from your Threads account and followers of your Threads account from other servers could share your content into those other servers.  

But privacy would also still be respected – you can still have a private profile on Threads where you would first need to approve follow requests from users whether they are on Threads or a different server on the fediverse. On Threads it would also be possible to identify users who come from different servers via their username which would be appended with the server they had come from.  

Make sure to read the Threads Supplemental Privacy Policy found in the Instagram Help Centre if you are interested in seeing how your data is handled and used. But of interesting note – when Threads becomes integrated with Third Party Services via the Fediverse using the ActivityPub protocol – your information from Threads will be shared with such Third Party Services, and information of third-party users (presumably those who choose to interact with Threads from an independent server) is collected and processed by the application – even if they do not have a Threads account or any other account with other Meta services/apps.

Some people will likely take issue with this as it goes against one of the goals of a decentralised web – where a user’s own information is fully controlled by them rather than a third party. But decentralisation has many, many goals that change and morph every day. No one fully agrees on what the ultimate truly decentralised Web will yet look like (or if it will even come to fruition at all) – or if the ActivityPub protocol will even be its main driver as Meta seems to be banking on.  

But enough of this for now. As it currently stands Threads remains a centralised application. So, let’s look into its features:  

Threads Features – What can it Currently Do?  

Once everything is setup you will appear on the home screen of the Threads application. It may be blank at first so to get some stuff to appear just swipe down and wait for the feed to load some content. The content will be dependent on if you have ported over who you follow from Instagram or not – so you may see some posts from those you typically follow on Instagram in the Home feed but you will also probably see a bunch of suggested content – more so if your Instagram connected is brand new.  

The Home Screen  

If the screen is blank like this just swipe down to get content to appear – this should only happen once on first installation if at all.

For myself since I only just created Instagram for the first time all the content I see in my Home Threads feed are random suggestions. Instagram currently has no idea what I am interested in so its algorithm is just throwing stuff out and hoping it sticks. If you have had Instagram for much longer, then you will likely be suggested much more relevant content.  

Once I begin interacting with content and following accounts I am interested in the algorithm will naturally become more tailored towards what I want, just like it does on pretty much any other modern social media platform. Perhaps if I had used Facebook to create my Instagram account I would have been suggested content more so based off my Facebook interests, follows, likes, and interactions?  

When you start following people there is no way as of yet to specifically view only posts from the accounts you follow (unless you go directly to their profile), and there are no filtering options yet for anything related to the Home feed – so you’re largely going to just have to rely on the algorithm’s decisions at present. This may not be as bad for Instagram accounts that have existed for longer – as they will have all their followers over in Threads and the algorithm will already largely be tailored to them – but for brand new accounts like me, it can be an annoyance to begin with – but that’s the case with most modern social media platforms now – you just have to stick with the algorithm until it gets you.  

But having filters on the Home screen would make this process easier to put up with, especially for new Instagram users.  

Example of some posts/threads on the Threads Home feed.

Posts (and replies) will show the user/account that posted it along with their profile picture and how long ago it was posted. You can tap the profile picture to be asked whether you want to follow the account that made the post or not. On the top-right of each post is an options menu – with a three dots icon – this brings up options that allow you to mute the account (so you no longer see their posts), an option to hide the specific post, an option to block the user so you no longer see them or their content and they cannot interact with your account or see your content, and a report button to report the user to Threads central authority if they are doing something that breaks Terms of Service, community guidelines, rules, etc – this action may lead to the account getting warned, temporarily suspended, or outright banned.  

Each post (as well as its connected threads and replies) includes a number of interaction options.

These include liking posts/replies (heart icon), commenting ‘replying’ on posts/replies (speech bubble icon), reposting posts/replies on to your own feed (arrow cycle icon), and the ability to share the post/reply either via a link or sharing it directly to your other applications or phone contacts (paper plane icon). So, as can already be seen it is very, very similar to Twitter so far. The sharing feature also allows you to add a post/thread/reply from Threads to an Instagram Story on your connected Instagram account profile.  

The Repost feature when tapped also has two options – simply reposting a Thread/post or the Quote option which quotes the post/reply so you can then add your thoughts and then repost.  

Tap on a post to see users who have commented/replied to the posts. You can further like, reply to, repost, and share user replies. Tap on likes for either posts or replies to view the accounts that have liked.  

Replies to posts on Threads supports emojis, gifs, Bitmoji, stickers, and a personal emoji of yourself which can be used in stickers. A clip icon on your reply box when replying to a post can also be used to attach photos and videos from your device.  

Accounts verified on Threads will have a blue checkmark next to their name (and on their profile picture when viewing the profile directly) –

account verification on Threads is based on whether the account is verified on Instagram – the account must be verified on Instagram to be verified on Threads. Instagram verification is for identifying public figures, celebrities, and brands and is not a premium feature to be bought, it is given based on meeting certain set criteria by Instagram.  

Verification checkmarks are all blue and not different colours like checkmarks on Twitter (where it is blue for premium user accounts, gold for premium business accounts, and grey to verify official political accounts).

I can imagine in the future with people who are more active on Threads than Instagram that such prominent/public figures may be given verified on Threads first which will then also be put on to the relevant Instagram account.  

At the bottom of the Home screen there are other icons used to access different screens with the first one being:  

Search Screen  

The magnifying glass icon next to the right of the Home screen icon accesses the Search screen. Its function is clear – use it to make specific search queries on the Threads application to find related or specific Threads accounts. You may also notice some initial suggestions below the search bar when opening the screen – algorithmically tailored towards you.  

The search function will be the main feature to find accounts and people you want to follow on Threads while the Home screen basically acts like Twitter’s For You feed as it stands. So, for organic algorithm-derived discovery you can use the Home screen, but for specific or custom tailored discovery you can use Search.  

As it stands it is not as advanced as Twitter’s search – especially when comparing it to Twitter’s Advanced Search option. But it is early days yet so there is plenty of room for improvement.  

From Search you can tap the Follow button to follow the account or you can tap the account to view their content – note though that if the account is set to private you will have to wait until your follow request is accepted before you can view any content.  

The things you have searched recently will appear in your search history when you tap the search bar – this can easily be cleared by using the Clear button or X icons next to each search item.  

New thread Screen 

The next icon on the right next to the Search screen icon is the New thread screen icon – which is – you guessed it – how to make your own posts/threads and publish them for others to see.  

Just tap the icon to open the screen and begin typing your post/thread. Each post is limited to 500-characters which is more than Twitter’s freemium 280-character limit (although is a lot lower than 25,000 characters that Twitter allows via its premium subscription). But you can chain how many posts you want together to make… a thread! Threads works just like how they do on Twitter, they connect together in chronological order for users to read and then under the last one is where comments from other users will be shown.  

Posts on Threads also support links (which embed and you can press the X icon in the top-right of the embed to remove it), photos, and videos up to 5-minutes in length via the clip icon. Plus, all the other bits and bobs like emojis, gifs, and stickers, that replies also allow. By default, anyone can put a reply on your posts/threads (if your account is private this means anyone you have approved to follow you can reply to your posts). This can be changed by tapping the ‘Anyone can reply’ text at the bottom and choosing one of the options: 

  • Profiles you follow – where only accounts you follow can reply to your posts.  
  • Mentioned only – where only accounts you have mentioned in your post/thread using @ can reply.  

Just like in Twitter you can use @ followed by an account’s handle (their username in Threads) to tag them in your post which will appear within the user’s Mention’s section and notify those users of the mention, bringing their attention to your post/thread. Of course, if they have turned notifications for Mentions off or blocked you then doing this will not appear in their mentions or notify them. It is possible to mention accounts whether you follow them or not. The mention in the post/thread will also act like a link for other users who can see the content to tap through to said user’s Thread’s account.  

Once you have posted your post/thread you can click the View button from the notification at the bottom of the screen to view the post/thread – you may also be able to catch it in your Home feed. You can also find it on your profile screen in the Threads section.  

From your published post you can go to options – three dots icon in top-right of post – and either delete the post, edit the Who can reply option for the post/thread, and you can also hide the like count from the post so it cannot be seen by you or other users (although they can still like the post, it just will not show).  

If the post is a thread then each thread can be deleted independently from a post, or just delete the top post to delete the entire thread.  

The contents of a post/thread cannot be edited once it has been published. If you open the new Thread screen but decide you do not want to make a post/thread then just tap the X in the top-left corner and the app will take you back to the last screen you were on. While editing a post/thread before it has been published use the X to remove individual threads from the post.  

Activity Screen  

The heart icon to the right of the new Thread icon is the Activity screen. This shows all activity from other users interacting with your content – it shows replies to your posts/threads and mentions from other accounts in their posts/threads, you can view all at once or filter between mentions or replies by tapping the blocks at the top of the screen – there is also a filter for verified which will only show replies or mentions from verified accounts.  

Profile Screen  

The final icon – avatar icon – to the right of the Activity icon brings up your profile screen. Here it shows your name and your username, as well as your profile picture, your bio, and your links which people can see. You can edit details using the Edit profile button which allows you to edit your profile picture, bio, links, and toggle your account privacy between public/private.  

Notice next to your username it says ‘threads.net’. This is likely in anticipation of the whole fediverse thing – this is the tag a part of your username that will likely tell other independent servers you interact with that you come from Threads. For now, it does nothing, but I imagine that’s its future use.  

When editing your bio or links you can import them over from your current Instagram bio and/or links, or have bio/links unique from your Instagram. The same can be done with the profile picture, either import it over from Instagram or have a profile picture unique from your Instagram. The only thing that has to match Instagram is your name/username – if you want that changed it needs to be done via your connected Instagram account.  

Next to the Edit profile button is the Share profile button which lets you share your Thread account via a URL, to other apps, or to your phone contacts.  

Your profile also shows the number of followers you have – tap it to show who is following you which includes a search function to find specific followers – there is also a Following menu here to show what Threads accounts you follow, from here you can import who you follow on Instagram to your Threads (as long as they have made a Threads account) – that’s what the Pending menu is for here, it shows accounts you follow on Instagram that you want to follow on Threads too but they don’t yet have a Threads setup.  

Also in your profile is your Threads menu to view your posts/threads you have published and next to that is the Replies menu where you can view and manage the replies you have published on posts/threads.  

Then finally looking back at the top of the profile screen you will notice three icons – the first globe one in the top-left is the Privacy menu where you can toggle your profile between public/private. You can also:  

  • Choose who can @ mention you – either everyone, only profiles you follow, or no one.  
  • View and manage your muted list, which are accounts you have muted because presumably you got tired of seeing their annoying posts.  
  • View and manage your Hidden words – here Threads automatically will hide replies that it considers to contain offensive words, phrases or emojis which you can toggle off/on. You can also create a custom list of words/phrases to block replies that contain them – this list is comma separated for each word, so: bad, awful, crap, poo for each individual word you do not want to see in replies. Note that Hidden message options and custom hidden words will also be applied to your connected Instagram account and vice-versa.  
  • The Profiles you follow option takes you to the same place clicking on your follower account does to manage followers, who you follow, and pending.  
  • From here you can also go to the wider Instagram Privacy settings which will also apply to Threads – hiding likes will also apply to Instagram and vice-versa and your block list is synced with your Instagram block list, so those you block on Threads are blocked on Instagram and vice-versa – the block list can only be managed within Instagram itself, so to unblock someone in Threads you must do it from the Instagram block list, even if you originally blocked them via Threads.  

The second icon – the Instagram camera icon – on the top-left of the profile screen can be tapped to switch over to your Instagram account. This can be done on any Threads account to see their connected Instagram account – and within Instagram you can use the Threads badge on the Instagram profile to view your/someone else’s Threads profile/switch to the Threads app if installed on the device (when done within browser it simply just shows the profile but you cannot interact with the wider app, but you can follow the Threads account from here and see some of their posts/threads and replies if it is not a private account).  

And then the final icon top the top-left-most (on the left of the Instagram icon) is the profile settings menu. Here you can:  

  • Follow and invite friends / from Instagram / from Whatsapp / via SMS / via email / via other eligible apps / phone contacts / and more.  
  • Edit notification settings – toggle pausing all notifications from the app – tailor notifications for threads and replies specifically: notifications from Likes, Replies, Mentions, Reposts, Quotes, and First threads can individually be set to from everyone (default), from people you follow, or completely turned off. Other aspects of notifications can be toggled in your system settings for the device. And also notifications to do with Following and followers: New followers, Accepted follow requests, Account suggestions, and Pre-followed user joined thread notifications can be individually turned on or off – all on by default.  
  • You can open the Privacy menu from here.  
  • Open the Account menu which allows scheduling of reminders to take breaks from the app / deactivate your Threads account which hides your Threads profile and all its content until you reactivate it. 

Account settings related to account deletion, personal information, supervision, security, Account status, and downloading/transferring your information is handled through your connected Instagram account settings. So, as it stands you cannot delete your Threads account without also deleting your connected Instagram account (but you can deactivate your Threads account without affecting your connected Instagram account).  

  • App language settings can be changed here.  
  • Help section for getting help with reporting a problem with the app, using the Help Centre, help with privacy and security, and in the support requests menu you can see the Reports you have submitted on both Threads and the connected Instagram account, and see posts you have shared on Threads or the connected Instagram account that have violated the apps guidelines.  
  • An About menu for viewing the apps Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and Open-source libraries. 
  • And then finally hidden right at the bottom – the log out button to log out from Threads. If you log out, you can set up another Threads account with a different Instagram account or just log into an existing Threads account via its relevant Instagram account connection.  

Viewing Someone Elses Threads Account Profile  

You can easily view other users Threads Profile in a number of ways. You can tap their username either from posts, threads, or replies in the Home screen or from your own posts/threads or replies to your replies. You can also specifically search up profiles using the Search function and searching for their username. You can also go to profiles from follower counts and like counts.

By going on to someone’s profile you can see their name, username, profile picture, bio, links, and number of followers – and if their account is not private you can also see their posts/threads in their Threads menu and their replies in the Replies menu – if their account is private you need them to accept your follow request to view their posts/threads and replies. The Follow button is very obvious, directly under the follower count and links.  

If you have access to the profile’s threads/posts and replies, then you can interact with them and reply to them from those two menus.  

You can tap on an accounts follower count to see what accounts are following them and you can also see who the account is following. Note if the account is private you must have your follow request accepted first before you can see what accounts follow them and who they follow.  

There are also two icons in the top left corner of other user’s/brands profiles – the Instagram camera to switch over to their connected Instagram account (Instagram privacy settings will determine what you can/cannot see and do there). The icon next to that – three dots icon in a circle – brings up a number of options/actions you can use:  

  • The Copy link button copies a URL to their profile you can share around.  
  • The Share via… button lets you directly share the profile to other eligible apps, phone contacts, etc.  
  • You can use the Mute button here to stop seeing their posts/replies.  
  • The Restrict button makes it so the particular account will be unable to reply to you, mention you, or message you in anyway, it’s pretty much block-lite. It can be toggled on/off.  
  • The Block button can be found here to totally block the specific account.  
  • And the Report button is also found here to Report the particular account for any violations.  

Things Threads Currently Does Not Have 

  • Although you can see the number of likes (if not turned off by the post/thread owner) and replies, you cannot yet see the number of reposts and shares and as such what users have reposted/shared.  
  • There is currently no Trending feed and as such no support of #’s (or similar iteration) – so you cannot see what is currently popular or ongoing on the platform, only what the algorithm and followers put in your Home feed.  
  • No way to filter the Home feed or specifically only see content from those you follow.  
  • Search function only finds accounts via username, it cannot be used to find posts, trends, photos, videos or other complex search queries like Twitter and other social media platforms can. It also does not have search filters.  
  • There is not yet any way to direct message another account privately.  
  • Livestreams are not currently supported on Threads.  
  • There is not yet an official desktop or browser application for Threads, it is only officially supported for mobile/tablet/Chromebooks.  
  • Not possible to schedule a post/thread for future automatic publishing.  
  • No polls feature.  
  • There are not currently any premium features.  
  • Advertisements are not currently supported or exist but this will certainly change soon.  
  • No way to create customised lists/groups of accounts to see specific content groupings.  
  • Threads has not yet entered the fediverse although it says it eventually will.  
  • You cannot delete Threads without deleting your connected Instagram account.
  • No way to edit posts/threads/replies once they are published.

A number of these things have already been announced as future features by Meta so expect to see some of them soon. Others may never come to the platform.  

It is also to be noted that an absence of some of these things is not always a bad thing. It can be good for apps to have different features and to be simpler (BeReal got popular for its simplicity). I would say many social media apps are becoming to much like super-apps now a days that have dozens upon dozens of features and all of whom copy each other’s (or even smaller social media apps) popular innovations.

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