Instagram Threads gets a Twitter-inspired update thanks to Mark Zuckerberg
Delhi : Everyone was talking about Meta's Threads, a new social networking app that was being considered as a rival to Elon Musk's Twitter, earlier this month. At a time when Twitter users were dissatisfied with the microblogging service for imposing a rate limit and preventing individuals without a Twitter account from viewing tweets, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Threads. And after only five days of operation, Threads apparently had over 100 million subscribers. Since then, the app has received a few more modifications, the most recent of which will serve as a Twitter-like reminder. Threads is introducing the Following and For You streams, just like Elon Musk's social media site.
Threads introduces a Twitter-like feature
There are two feed options available when you log in to Twitter (formerly called X), the Following feed and the For You feed. In contrast to the Following feed, which only displays tweets from the accounts you follow, the For You feed displays tweets that are relevant to you. The same way, Threads will separate your feeds into For You and Following sections. Only a small number of users have access to the feature for now, but it will soon be available to more.
You can now choose between two choices when seeing posts from other profiles in your Threads feed. You will see a version of your Threads feed that combines postings from accounts you have chosen to follow and suggestions from other users. According to the company, Following will only display posts in chronological order from people you follow. The upgrade was also disclosed by Mark Zuckerberg in a Threads post while responding to a user. In response to a user's request for a Following tab, the CEO of Meta said, "Ask and you shall receive."
Other features have been announced
In addition to this, Threads is also making the Translations tool available. As a result, the Threads postings in a user's feed will automatically translate them based on the language they were written in and the viewer's language preferences. As a result, to see a translation of a post or reply in your language, if you encounter a thread in a different language and it is available, you can hit the translation button at the bottom right of the post or reply.
Speaking of additional features included in the update, your Activity feed will now include a few new categories that will allow you to filter by Follows, Quotes, and Reposts. In order to quickly follow other accounts back, there is now a Follow button on your followers list. Finally, you can now view the articles you've liked in your settings, and private accounts have the option to "approve all" follow requests simultaneously.
