Threads Tests A Way To Share Long-form Text On The Platform

Threads is testing a caller characteristic that makes it easy to stock long-form matter connected nan societal network, Meta confirmed to TechCrunch connected Thursday. The characteristic lets users connect a artifact of matter to a station alternatively of creating a thread of respective different posts erstwhile looking to stock much in-depth thoughts and ideas.

App interrogator Radu Oncescu first spotted nan caller “text attachment” characteristic connected iOS and shared a screenshot of it. According to nan app’s explanation of nan caller feature, it’s designed to let users to “attach longer matter and get imaginative pinch styling devices to stock deeper thoughts, news snippets, book excerpts, and more.”

The expertise to stock long-form contented could thief Threads clasp creators and writers who want much distribution for articles that would different beryllium posted connected their blogs aliases newsletter platforms for illustration Substack. The characteristic besides gets free of nan request for workarounds erstwhile looking to stock matter that goes beyond nan connection limit for posts, specified arsenic sharing a screenshot of a artifact of matter successful your phone’s Notes app.

Threads personification Robert P. Nickson shared a station utilizing nan characteristic to show what it looks for illustration to viewers. A snippet of nan long-form matter is displayed successful a grey container wrong nan post, which group tin past click connected to publication and scroll done nan afloat content.

Image Credits:Roberto P. Nickson/@rpm

Threads competitor X already offers a measurement for users to share long-form contented connected nan level pinch “Articles.” While X’s characteristic is only disposable for Premium subscribers, Threads’ characteristic is accessible to everyone, but that could alteration successful nan future.

Additionally, Threads only allows users to stock text, whereas X’s lets group incorporated images and videos. Considering that nan characteristic is still successful nan testing phase, it’s imaginable that Threads could adhd support for multimedia successful nan future.

Meta says it plans to bring this to much users successful nan future.

Support for long-form posts is nan latest summation among a bid of caller features Threads has introduced complete nan past year, including DMs, fediverse integrations, custom feeds, AI enhancements, and more.

Threads precocious topped 400 cardinal monthly progressive users conscionable 2 years since its launch. X, connected nan different hand, has northbound of 600 cardinal monthly progressive users, according to erstwhile statements made by erstwhile CEO Linda Yaccarino.