Threads has hashtags now

autotldr Bot , 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

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Tags — basically hashtags with a twist — are now rolling out globally on Threads, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Thursday.

Tags work a little differently than hashtags do on platforms like Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

When composing a Threads post, you start a tag by tapping the # symbol and then typing out your topic.

“If you share on Threads, [tags are] a great way to help connect with people who are interested in the topics you’re talking about,” Mosseri says.

I like Meta’s implementation here, even the single-tag limit, as it seems like a smart way to prevent annoying hashtag spam.

That said, we’ll have to wait and see if users actually adopt the tags so that they can become a useful way to find conversations about a topic.

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Fake4000 , 7 months ago

The way they introduced and enrolled everyone to Threads. Who the fuck would use this tbh?

gedaliyah , 7 months ago

Wait, I thought the whole point of threads is that it was built on Activity Pub technology. Why haven’t they had hashtags from the beginning?

misk OP , 7 months ago

Lemmy is Activity Pub too and doesn’t have hashtags, it’s a pretty flexible protocol. But realistically they will probably bolt on AP later on, doesn’t have to be there from the get go. WordPress has AP integration now too and it’s just a plug-in for example.

rolling_resistance , 7 months ago

It wasn’t “built on Activitiy Pub”, and I don’t believe they will ever implement the protocol.

helenslunch , 7 months ago

No that was never the point or the plan. They’ve said several times that they plan to add ActivityPub integration but it’s not happened, and probably never will.

LainOfTheWired , 7 months ago

I forgot threads even existed