Threads Adds Hashtags Ahead of EU Launch (9to5google.com) 11
Ahead of its December 14th launch in the European Union, Meta's Twitter-like social media platform, Threads, is adding a simplified version of hashtags to help users find related posts. 9to5Google reports: Announced in a post on Threads today, Meta is adding "Tags" to the social platform as a way to categorize a post and have it show up alongside other posts on the same topic. Tags work similarly to hashtags in the sense that they group together content, but they also work differently. Unlike hashtags, you can only have one tag/topic on a post. So, where many platforms (including Instagram) suffer somewhat from posts being flooded with dozens of hashtags appended to the bottom, Threads seemingly avoids that entirely. Meta says that this "makes it easier for others who care about that topic to find and read your post."
The other big difference with tags is how they appear in posts. Tags can be added by typing the # symbol in line with the text, but they don't appear with the symbol in the published post. Instead, they appear in blue text in the post, much like a traditional hyperlink. You can also add a tag by tapping the "#" symbol on the new post UI. As for the EU launch, Meta has opted to "sneakily update the Threads website with an untitled countdown timer (which won't be viewable in countries where Threads is already available) with just under six days remaining on the clock," reports The Verge. "European Instagram users can also search for the term 'ticket' within the app to discover a digital invitation to Threads, alongside a scannable QR code and a launch time -- which may vary depending on the country in which the user is based."
"The delay in Threads' rollout to the EU has been caused by what Meta spokesperson Christine Pai described as 'upcoming regulatory uncertainty,' likely in reference to strict rules under the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA)."
The other big difference with tags is how they appear in posts. Tags can be added by typing the # symbol in line with the text, but they don't appear with the symbol in the published post. Instead, they appear in blue text in the post, much like a traditional hyperlink. You can also add a tag by tapping the "#" symbol on the new post UI. As for the EU launch, Meta has opted to "sneakily update the Threads website with an untitled countdown timer (which won't be viewable in countries where Threads is already available) with just under six days remaining on the clock," reports The Verge. "European Instagram users can also search for the term 'ticket' within the app to discover a digital invitation to Threads, alongside a scannable QR code and a launch time -- which may vary depending on the country in which the user is based."
"The delay in Threads' rollout to the EU has been caused by what Meta spokesperson Christine Pai described as 'upcoming regulatory uncertainty,' likely in reference to strict rules under the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA)."
What's a simplified hashtag? (Score:3)
Hashtag are just words. The only way to simplify them is to replace them with animal noises like bleating or grunting.
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Hashtag are just words. The only way to simplify them is to replace them with animal noises like bleating or grunting.
Heh. Reminded me of this from, "Whose Line Is It Anyway":
Drew Carey: Rejected Jeopardy categories.
Colin Mochrie: I'll take animal genitalia, audio clues, for $200.
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I'd go as far as to say you could replace the content with animal noises and it would be an overall improvement.
#screwhashtags (Score:2)
Don't punch down on this bad copy of Twitter (Score:2)
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with equally bad moderation
A year ago I'd have agreed with you, but now Twitter has really created a market of its own with comically bad moderation. Literally doing anything is better than what Twitter is doing right now.
Anyone still use Threads? (Score:2)
I thought they wouldâ(TM)ve taken it offline by now. They had a few thousand people sign up, found out they couldnâ(TM)t say anything without the communist approval committee and then interactions pretty much went back to zero.
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I thought they wouldâ(TM)ve taken it offline by now.
Why would they? I mean even if it were actually unpopular that would be a bad business decision for a newly developed social network platform.
They had a few thousand people sign up, found out they couldnâ(TM)t say anything without the communist approval committee and then interactions pretty much went back to zero.
You're a few orders of magnitude off, both in sign up and in interactions. And no you don't need approval to post on Threads. You may want to avoid posting absolute rubbish though, probably not a social network for you.
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Look at the graphs yourself moron.
Threads usage fell 85% after a month and from its roughly 1M active users, interaction is an average of 3 minutes per day.
Threads is still running? (Score:2)
I check facebook several times a week because that's what old people do. We read the obituaries, listen to other old people rant about things even if we don't care about the person or topic. We also love the family posts like "great niece took first steps"
I'm not sure if Meta has a platform for under-40, but I doubt old people are really care