Threads, a new text-based microblogging platform developed by Facebook parent Meta, was launched on Thursday.
The company’s new platform will compete with Twitter and is linked to its popular photo and video-sharing app, Instagram, and users have begun receiving prompts to sign up and create a profile.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, wrote in a Threads post less than seven hours after the app went live that over 10 million people had signed up to use it. That is on the grounds that Instagram has over 2.35 billion month-to-month clients. Here is how to sign up for the service and everything you need to know about it.
How to sign up for Threads on Instagram?
By downloading the app from either the App Store or the Google Play store, you can sign up for Threads. You will be asked to sign in with your Instagram account when you open the app. Your username and verification status will stay the same if you do this, so Meta intends to keep Threads tightly integrated with Instagram.
Posting Instagram Threads feed content and character limits
It’s possible that as you begin following people on Threads, you’ll notice that the feed also displays posts from users you don’t know. Instagram head Adam Mosseri said these are suggested posts that are shown by Instagram’s calculation and will assist you with finding new records to follow on the stage. A followers-only feed, which is expected to only display posts from users you follow, is also being developed by the service.
Following and unfollowing users on Threads
On the app you can follow and unfollow other people, and the app will only notify you when another person follows you. The new app lets you set your profile to “Private,” just like Instagram does. This means that people will have to ask you to follow them on the platform. However, you will only be able to use a private Instagram account if you are under the age of 16 (or 18 in some regions).
Blocking and controlling interactions on Threads
Clients and records that you have hindered on Instagram, will stay obstructed on Strings. You can also hide specific replies from users on your posts using the app these will be hidden from all platform users. Users who are subjected to harassment or targeted trolling on the platform might find it useful to have the ability to hide replies.
Threads and the fediverse — Mastodon, WordPress and Tumblr
Meta stated in the past that it would work with the ActivityPub protocol, which is used by interoperable networks like WordPress and Mastodon. This means that in the future, you can anticipate seeing some kind of integration between these services that will enable users on threads to communicate with users on other Mastodon servers. Federation is a decentralized social networking feature that Mastodon users like.