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How to mix politics with your Threads

The Verge

The Verge · 1y ago

How to mix politics with your Threads

To limit political content on Instagram and Threads, Meta now restricts posts related to governments, elections, and social topics that affect a group or society, from people you don't follow. However, if you want to see these types of posts, you can opt in to political content by following these steps on the Instagram app: go to your profile, select the three parallel lines in the upper right, scroll down to Content preferences, choose Political content, and select "Don't limit political content from people you don't follow".

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Despite distancing itself from politics, the topic is dominating Threads' trends

TechCrunch · 1y ago

Despite distancing itself from politics, the topic is dominating Threads' trends

Meta's app Threads, which aims to compete with Twitter, has started testing its trends feature. Although the app wants to avoid politics, Threads users are discussing political topics such as President Biden's State of the Union address. Three of the top five search trends on Threads are related to the address, indicating that users are using the platform to react to current news. Meta has tried to distance itself from politics in the past, but Threads' trends section remains open to political content for now. The test is ongoing in the US.

How Meta’s Threads could boost the rise of a new social internet

Livemint

Livemint · 2y ago

How Meta’s Threads could boost the rise of a new social internet

The article discusses how Meta's new microblogging platform called Threads aims to become a part of the decentralized social web by using the same standard protocol (ActivityPub) as Mastodon. By integrating with the Fediverse (a network of interconnected social media platforms), Threads can expand its user base and offer interoperability with other apps that support the protocol. This move promotes redundancy, resilience, privacy, and user control over data. It also puts pressure on centralized platforms to provide better, less exploitative services.

Threads adds improved content performance metrics for creators | TechCrunch

TechCrunch · 5m ago

Threads adds improved content performance metrics for creators | TechCrunch

Threads has introduced enhanced metrics to help users understand their post performance and content discovery, featuring new insights into engagement, follower demographics, and content trends over periods ranging from seven to 90 days. The platform also allows users to see how often posts are discovered across Instagram and Facebook. This update aims to help creators build audiences and content strategies as Threads' user base rapidly grows, nearing that of its competitor X.

Meta’s new opt-out setting limits visibility of politics on Instagram and Threads

The Verge

The Verge · 1y ago

Meta’s new opt-out setting limits visibility of politics on Instagram and Threads

Meta has added an opt-out setting to Instagram and Threads, allowing users to limit recommendations of political content. The "Limit political content from people you don't follow" setting is enabled by default and applies to both apps. The change, aimed at giving users more control, doesn't limit the reach of political content from accounts users choose to follow. The setting began rolling out last week but hasn't been widely notified to users. Meta's decision is based on the belief that most users don't want politics in their feeds due to the associated negative aspects.

How AI Is Upending Politics, Tech, the Media, and More

Wired · 4m ago

How AI Is Upending Politics, Tech, the Media, and More

At WIRED's AI Power Summit, industry leaders and officials highlighted how artificial intelligence is dramatically influencing politics, technology, media, and society at large. They discussed its disruptive and sometimes destructive impact on daily life and future implications, emphasizing AI's significant role in shaping current and future societal dynamics.

Threads expands open social web integrations with fediverse feed, user profile search | TechCrunch

TechCrunch · 7m ago

Instagram Threads is expanding its integration with the open social web, the fediverse, by launching new features. Users can now view fediverse posts in a dedicated feed and search for fediverse profiles in the Threads app. This move aims to make Threads more connected to the decentralized social media network. With over 350 million users, Threads is the largest app on the ActivityPub protocol, supporting the open, interconnected social web.

Sora provides better control over videos featuring your AI self

The Verge

The Verge · 3m ago

Sora provides better control over videos featuring your AI self

Sora, an app likened to "a TikTok for deepfakes," has introduced new controls allowing users to manage how their AI-generated versions are used in videos. Users can set restrictions, such as blocking their AI self from certain contexts like politics or specific words. OpenAI aims to address misuse and misinformation as AI-generated content proliferates. Despite new safeguards, past experiences with AI tools suggest potential ways around these restrictions, as seen with previous bypassed safety features.

Threads says it will make its API broadly available by June

TechCrunch · 1y ago

Threads says it will make its API broadly available by June

Social network Threads, owned by Meta, has announced that it will make its API available to developers by June. The API will enable creators, developers, and brands to manage their presence on Threads and share content from third-party applications. Currently, the API allows users to authenticate, publish threads, and access their posted content. Threads is already in collaboration with several partners including Sprinklr, Sprout Social, Hootsuite, and Techmeme. The company plans to expand the capabilities of the API to include moderation and insights gathering. However, it remains uncertain if Threads will allow developers to build alternative clients for the platform.

Threads API coming in June

The Verge

The Verge · 1y ago

Threads API coming in June

Threads, the social media platform developed by Instagram, plans to release its API by the end of June. The API has been tested with a limited set of partners, including Hootsuite, Sprinklr, and Techmeme. It will enable developers to create third-party apps for Threads, allowing websites to publish content directly to the platform. Initially, users will be able to authenticate, publish threads, and fetch their posted content through these tools, with additional features expected in the future. This move comes after Instagram head, Adam Mosseri, expressed concerns about an API leading to more publisher content on Threads instead of user-generated posts.

Meta's Threads app: The text-based social media platform from Instagram trying to replace X

Business Insider

Business Insider · 1y ago

Meta's Threads app: The text-based social media platform from Instagram trying to replace X

Meta launched a social networking venture called Threads in July 2023. The app aims to provide a platform for public conversations, primarily focusing on text-based communication. Users can post threads, engage with others through likes and replies, and share media files like photos and videos. Threads gained initial popularity by leveraging Instagram's user base. It features a feed similar to X (formerly known as Twitter), and has a character limit of 500 for posts, compared to X's 280-character limit. However, Threads faced initial privacy concerns and criticism for not allowing users to delete their Threads accounts separately from their Instagram accounts. While it achieved significant downloads and user activity upon launch, time will tell if Threads can sustain its popularity and potentially rival X as a leading microblogging website.

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