Do not panic in case your Threads profile is trying a bit of extra sparse than you bear in mind. Meta’s Twitter / X competitor has added a brand new reposts tab, separating customers’ authentic posts and ones they’ve shared from others. All of your reposts are nonetheless protected — they’ve simply been moved to a different tab.
“[W]e’re rolling out a brand new Reposts tab in your profile so you’ll be able to see all of the threads you reposted in a single place,” Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri introduced through his Threads account on Thursday.
Up till now, Threads mixed customers’ posts and reposts into one thread on their profile, very like Twitter / X. Separating them makes it simpler to immediately discover customers’ authentic posts with out wading by reposts.
Nonetheless, it is much less of a boon for individuals who primarily construct their Threads profile by content material curation somewhat than creation. As such, some have instructed Threads implement a filter which could be toggled as an alternative of getting a whole separate feed for reblogs.
“For these of us too shy to submit from scratch however courageous sufficient to precise ourselves by reposts, this isn’t excellent news,” one Threads consumer famous. “Reposts are a part of what makes up our profile’s character (similar to shared posts on FB), however now the primary tab on my profile is sort of clean.”
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Because it stands, it is probably that quite a lot of customers will use the reblog tab to bookmark threads which they need to return to later. Threads at the moment has no bookmarking characteristic, so this new separate tab is the closest factor we’ve got for now.
Even so, it is not an ideal bookmarking substitute. Mosseri additionally introduced that Threads will now present reposts within the Following feed, a change prompted by consumer suggestions — and which brings the platform nearer to the Twitter / X expertise. This implies different Threads customers will not simply see your reblogs in the event that they go searching in your profile.
So bear in mind: Preserve it clear. And as all the time, do not reblog or submit something you would not need your boss or household to see.