For a brand - new app , Threads launched in a highly functional human body . Many of the things we ’re plain about take a long time to amount to Twitter , and perhaps it ’s unfair to judge something just a few workweek one-time with a matured ( if deteriorating ) app that first launched in 2006 .
Still , the initial version of Threads is miss several feature that we would find extremely useful , and as it evolves , there ’s no doubt many of these will be issue forth in the approximate future .
Direct messagesYou ca n’t slide into someone ’s decimetre if there are no direct messages to slide into . A lot of multitude use Twitter as a person - to - mortal message app , something you just ca n’t do on Threads yet .
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A follow - only timelineBoth Twitter and TikTok have algorithmically powered feed that show you a mix of people you keep abreast as well as extra suggested contentedness . But , those apps also allow you to see only the mass you follow , and in strict chronological social club . Threads , right now , is just a catchall of people you follow and app - pick out subject matter , all mixed together in a confusing timeline .
rattling searchI ca n’t imagine this is n’t come up to Threads very , very soon . mighty now , the app ’s search role only searches users , not the genuine content of mail . If you ’re looking for a specific person or stigma , that ’s okay , but it ’s not very useful otherwise .
Inline advertisingSo far , threads has no patronise office , like the one that seem to pop up every few second scroll through modern - day Twitter . That ’s a dependable affair , at least in this former stage . This is still Meta / Facebook / Instagram , so have do doubt , ads are coming . But for now , allow ’s enjoy this comparatively commerce - free experience .
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