Threads finally brings messaging to the web

By bringing messaging to the web, Threads is aligning its desktop experience more closely with competitors like X and Bluesky.
Forbes

Threads Passes X In Key Monthly Metric For First Time In Zuckerberg Vs. Musk Battle

Threads, Meta’s text-based social media platform that launched in 2023 as a challenger to the Elon Musk-owned X, for the first time beat X in global daily active mobile users for the month of October, ...
Opinion

You can’t block Meta’s AI bot on Threads. I don’t know what we did to deserve this.

Threads users are furious after discovering Meta's new AI chatbot cannot be blocked like any other account on the platform.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox ...

Threads finally gets a logo worthy of its ambitions

Long considered Instagram’s little sibling, Threads is ready to make a name of its own. When Threads launched in 2023, it was ...
Hosted on MSN

Threads will soon let users talk directly to the algorithm

Threads is about to turn a quiet user habit into a formal product feature, inviting people to talk directly to the recommendation system that shapes their feeds. Instead of endlessly toggling settings ...
Forbes

Threads Engagement Drops 70%. Here's How It Can Recover

Threads, the Twitter-like app created by Meta, has seen a sharp drop in activity. The Threads daily active user count peaked on July 7, two days after its launch. Recent data shows that metric has ...
9to5Mac

Threads officially rolls out standalone DMs and debuts visual highlights

Meta just took another step in its belated but very welcome push to detach Threads from its Instagram roots. Starting today, the app is officially rolling out its own direct messaging system and a new ...
9to5Mac

Threads crosses 400M monthly active users as it gains on X

Following a recent series of welcome updates as Threads turned two, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that his X competitor crossed 400 million monthly active users (MAUs), a 50 million boost ...

Meta AI is coming to Threads, and some users aren’t thrilled

Threads is testing a feature that lets users summon Meta AI into posts and replies for real-time context, though many users ...

Threads is finally getting DMs on the web

While there’s nothing better than a good conversation in the replies, we know you all like to sidebar in DMs,” according to ...
Mashable

Threads’ disappearing ghost posts might not be gone for good

UPDATE: Oct. 30, 2025, 5:32 p.m. Meta confirmed to Mashable that Threads ghost posts appeared in web searches after the 24-hour expiration period and that the issue had been fixed as of Oct. 30. "We ...
CNN

Threads now has ‘tens of millions’ of daily users. But its honeymoon phase may be over

Two weeks after Meta launched its Twitter competitor Threads and received an unprecedented amount of user signups, the frenzy around the app appears to have come back to Earth. After surpassing 100 ...