US EditionThreads Gets Direct Messages
- Meta launched Threads in 2023 and on Tuesday began globally rolling out direct messages within the Threads app for users aged 18 and older.
- This rollout follows nearly two years of user requests and weeks of testing DMs in markets like Hong Kong, Thailand, Argentina, and Brazil, as users built distinct social graphs on Threads.
- The initial DM feature allows one-on-one messaging only among Threads followers or mutual Instagram followers, without encryption and lacking group chat support for now.
- Threads reached 350 million monthly active users by April, with more than a third following mostly different accounts than on Instagram, highlighting Threads’ separate user base and community.
- Meta is introducing DMs on Threads to enable deeper, private conversations beyond public comments, supporting the app’s development into a fully independent social platform that rivals text-centered networks like X and Bluesky.
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Meta's Threads Is Adding DMs for Everyone. Yay?
Meta’s Threads is introducing a long-requested feature that it’s largely lacked since it launched two years ago: DMs. Threads had been testing the feature, but Meta announced on July 1 that the feature was ready to roll out to everybody. No more limited-run testing. It’s live for everybody. Almost everybody. finally, dms Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, created Threads to compete against Bluesky, X, and Mastodon, playing a g…
Threads now has DMs - here's how to send direct messages
Days before the second anniversary of Meta launching Threads, the social media platform has finally added DMs. On Tuesday, Meta took to its blog to announce that the long-awaited feature is available in the Threads app. Starting today, Threads users can send direct messages to one another, matching similar features on X and Bluesky. Threads finally adds DMs "Threads was created for sharing perspectives that generate vibrant, public conversations…
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