All you need to know about Threads, an Instagram’s text-based conversation app from the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
Threads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what’ll be trending tomorrow. Whatever it is you’re interested in, you can follow and connect directly with your favorite creators and others who love the same things — or build a loyal following of your own to share your ideas, opinions and creativity with the world.
Meta said messages posted to Threads will have a 500-character limit and similar to Twitter, users can reply to, repost and quote others’ Threads posts. Users sign up through their Instagram accounts and keep the same username, password and account name, although they can edit their bio to be unique to Threads. You can deactivate your Threads account, but to delete the account completely, you must delete your Instagram account, according to Meta’s “Supplemental Privacy Policy.”
“The vision for Threads is to create an option and friendly public space for conversation,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Threads post following the launch. “We hope to take what Instagram does best and create a new experience around text, ideas, and discussing what’s on your mind.”