Happy Wednesday! The rules are that you guys aren’t going to fact-check. Send news tips to: [email protected]. Why Threads is opening up to other social networks. Meta is trying something ...

The social media landscape of 2025 looks nothing like it did just a few years ago. What was once a relatively straightforward ecosystem dominated by Instagram and Twitter (now renamed X) has fractured ...

Meta is finally fixing how threads work on its social network Threads. Prior to this, there was no real way to know how long a thread was or even if a post was part of a longer discussion. The company ...

In July 2023, Inez Woody decided to give Threads a try. “You know how when it’s something new, you get on there?” she said of the app from Instagram for viewing and sharing public conversations. “I ...

Since its launch on July 5, Threads has taken the media world by storm. To say the reviews have been mixed would be an understatement: some have called it a “Twitter killer” while others have called ...

Meta Platforms Inc. will open its Threads social network to almost all advertisers globally, creating a new line of revenue for the company by giving brands access to users across 30 markets, ...

Instagram Threads, Meta’s newest social network and X competitor, is officially relocating from the website Threads.net to Threads.com. The transition will coincide with a handful of quality-of-life ...

Meta has acquired the Threads.com domain name, according to Whois records of the URL that were updated on September 24. Users on domain-related forums pointed out this transfer, and TechCrunch ...

Since Elon Musk shrunk Twitter down to X, a variety of alternatives have sprung up. We were curious about where our staffers now go for their online fix. Since Elon Musk shrunk Twitter down to X, a ...

Meta today announced that the Threads social network is gaining support for disappearing posts. "Ghost posts" are Threads posts that will be automatically archived after a 24-hour period. Replies to ...

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