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Threads working to let people message each other: Report

Threads, Meta’s text-based social media app seen as an answer to the Elon Musk-owned X, is working on new features, including a way to let users message each other directly. Mosseri said the platform, in the future, will prioritise enabling users to grow “follow” lists, improving content algorithms, adding a messaging feature, and adding a timeline with only posts from accounts that users follow. During the interview, Mosseri said that Threads was developed and launched in around seven months as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg felt the time was ripe to capitalise on Twitter’s difficulties by releasing a competing app. The initial launch triggered enthusiastic sign-ups but daily user numbers soon lagged, though Mosseri said this was part of the stabilisation process, as per the report.

The Hindu

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