Threads could soon bring X like Trending Topics feature. Here’s how it will work

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However, shortly after the launch of Threads, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri in an interaction with The Verge had said that the goal of Threads was not to replace Twitter, but to create a ‘public square for communities on Instagram’.

Mosseri had also said:“Politics and hard news are important, I don’t want to imply otherwise. But my take is, from a platform’s perspective, any incremental engagement or revenue they might drive is not at all worth the scrutiny, negativity (let’s be honest), or integrity risks that come along with them.”

Mosseri’s comments had led many users to conclude that Threads might never bring the trending topics feature, which has been widely used as a source of breaking news, politics and outrage on Twitter.

Threads Trending Topic feature:

The new trending topics feature was first spotted by app developer William Max through a screenshot taken by an unnamed Meta employee who accidentally posted it on Threads. The new feature ranks topics in a numerical order below the search bar, while also showing the number of posts on each topic.

Notably, Threads had only unveiled the keyword search feature in an update last month. However, while announcing the update via his Threads profile, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg had hinted at the Trending Topics feature. He wrote, “Get excited — search is coming to Thread…Rolling out to most English and Spanish speaking countries today. More to come soon.”

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Updated: 09 Oct 2023, 08:23 AM IST