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Logging into social media accounts repeatedly can be a pain, which is why every social media application and website gives users the option to stay logged in. However, according to recent reports, several Instagram users and the ever-increasing number of Threads users are automatically getting logged out of their accounts. Interestingly, these reports surfaced hours after Instagram went down for many users. The timing indicates that the problem might be related to the previous outage. Meta owns Instagram and Threads, so…

Mark Zuckerberg made his first post in the “fediverse” on Thursday. If you have no idea what the hell that means, join the club. The fediverse is a relatively new concept for social networking, and Threads became the largest member of it this week. Millions of Threads users will soon be able to opt in and “federate” their posts. I know that was a lot of gibberish, but here’s what that means.The Fujifilm X100VI is the Most Fun I’ve Had With a Camera in Years“First post in the fediverse,” said the Meta CEO in a Thursday…

Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWith the 2024 US presidential election coming up, you can expect to see a lot more political posts on social networks, including Meta's Threads. Maybe you'd like to avoid those types of posts as much as possible or perhaps you want to dive head first into political discussions and debates. Either way, Threads now gives you more control over how much political content appears in your feed.A new setting now rolling out to the Threads app for iOS and Android lets you…

Fediverse support in Meta Threads is up and running in beta. Mark Zuckerberg wrote on Thursday that adult Threads users in eligible countries can now turn on sharing to the fediverse — including Mastodon and other ActivityPub services. Before today’s wider beta rollout, Meta had been testing the cross-platform compatibility with a handful of accounts since late last year.The fediverse is a collection of decentralized online communities (servers) that speak the common “language” of ActivityPub. This lets each hub maintain…

Meta's text-based social media app, Threads, is stepping up its game by introducing a new feature that brings it closer in functionality to X (formerly Twitter). Starting March 19, users in the US now have access to trending topics within the Threads app, similar to the trending tab on X. With the rollout of this feature, Threads aims to compete against the likes of X and Bluesky Social in the race to become the top microblogging platform.Trending Topics feature on ThreadsUsers can now explore trending topics in the…

You’re most likely one of the increasing number of people using Threads. The popular social media app and website has been growing in popularity over the past couple of months. Well, this is because of the team of developers adding new features to it. According to a new announcement from Adam Mosseri, Threads has finally gotten trending topics. Don’t you want to know what other people are posting Threads about? What’s popular now? What sort of drama is going down? If you’re a person who appreciates keeping up with what’s…

Mark Zuckerberg began testing a horizontal swiping feature on Wednesday for his pet project, Threads, the app whose main purpose seems to be trolling Elon Musk. The feature appears to be something Musk tweeted about two weeks ago, noting that he’s wanted to add it to X for the last year. Threads Needs These Five Missing Features to Be a Twitter Killer“Swipe right to reply, left to favorite, tap & hold for all other actions. Very clean,” said Musk in a tweet from Mar. 7. “I’ve been dying to do this for a year.”Zuck…

Threads has to help users improve the algorithm that populates the For You feed. It’s reportedly called Algo Tune as, well, it helps people tune their algorithms. It’s pretty rare when any social media site, particularly one run by Meta, allows users to adjust the parameters by which the great and powerful algorithm operates, so this feature is definitely worth keeping an eye on.It works a lot like Tinder and other dating apps. If you don’t like something on your feed, you swipe left. If you like a post and want to see…

Meta is continuing its slow march toward compatibility with the fediverse. The company has been experimenting with making posts from a handful of accounts available since the end of last year. Now, it’s offered a brief preview of how the integration works and what it might look like once more people have the ability to share from Threads directly to the fediverse.Instagram engineer Peter Cottle gave a short presentation on “Threads in the Fediverse” at , a virtual event for decentralized social media enthusiasts. In the…

Threads users in the United States will finally be able to see what topics are trending on the app, a longheld staple feature of Twitter, according to a post from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday. The “Trending Now” page appears under the search bar on Threads.Twitter Verification is a Hot Mess“Trending now is rolling out to the US today so you can see what people are talking about on Threads,” said Mark Zuckerberg in a post on Threads.Meta tested a trending page on Threads earlier this year called “Today’s Topics.” It…