More than two weeks have passed since Meta introduced Threads, and already the brand-new social media platform has grown immensely popular, challenging Twitter for first place. A major upgrade to Threads is now available, adding significant new features like built-in translation and a new Follows tab.
According to a source, the initial buzz surrounding the Threads app seems to have subsided as the amount of daily active users has significantly decreased due to the platform’s continued lack of key functionality provided by competing platforms.
Since the social network’s introduction earlier this month, Meta has brought Threads its first major update. An update to the iOS app, according to the company’s Cameron Roth, adds a Follows tab to the activity stream, making it simpler to discover who has recently followed you. You’ll find it simpler to follow individuals back. To find out if you’re missing anyone, you can check your list of Instagram followers. Unfollowed users can be subscribed to if you want notifications without having them clog up your timeline.
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Additionally, users will get access to a translate button, making it simpler for them to understand content written in languages other than their own. According to Roth, the iOS update contains a few software bug fixes and other enhancements. There are also a few fundamental interface changes, such as reposter labels you can tap. More so while loading or scrolling over your activity stream, the app should be lighter and more fluid.
According to Roth some of the features will not be accessible right away since some of them are server-side activated after the latest Threads update has been installed. However, they ought to be available by the end of the day.
Besides this, citing an upsurge in spam attacks Threads will impose rate limits similar to Twitter. This will automatically cap the number of times a user can connect with a platform within a particular time frame.
Adam Mosseri said, “Spam attacks have picked up so we’re going to have to get tighter on things like rate limits, which is going to mean more unintentionally limiting active people (false positives). If you get caught up in those protections let us know.”
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