Threads debuts self-deleting Ghost Posts

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Just in time for Halloween, Threads is bringing the aptly named Ghost Posts. These posts live for only 24 hours on your timeline and will be automatically archived afterward. It is social media's latest attempt at ephemeral content. Acting similar to Instagram Stories (or Snapchat, if we want to go further back), but this time, it's for your written thoughts.

To write a Ghost Post, head to the "What's new?" text box at the top of the page and tap on the smiley face inside a dotted-line chat bubble to the right. Write your post as you normally would. When published, the post will appear in the feed in a chat bubble surrounded by dotted lines and appear in a Ghost Posts subsection on your profile.

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Threads is reportedly adding more DM options

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After releasing a direct messaging option on Threads, Meta is reportedly adding more features to its chat option. App researcher Alessandro Paluzzi spotted options to add stickers, GIFs, and images. There's also the possibility of an edit and unsend option, alongside group chats. If you use Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, these features will be familiar to you.

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Meta ditches fact-checkers, embraces Community Notes

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a significant shift in the company's content moderation approach, emphasizing free speech and reducing censorship. This includes abandoning its fact-checking program and transitioning to a Community Notes model, similar to X (formerly Twitter), across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.

Zuckerberg argues that complex moderation systems often lead to unintended censorship, impacting millions of users. By empowering the community to assess and provide context for potentially misleading information through Community Notes, Meta aims to improve accuracy and reduce reliance on internal fact-checkers. While Community Notes have shown promise on other platforms, concerns remain about their effectiveness in preventing misinformation spread.

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Threads introduces advanced search filters

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Meta is trying to keep its Threads competition at bay with a new update for its search option. It's not quite as comprehensive as what you'll see on X but it at least allows you to narrow your queries by keywords, language, exact phrases, hashtags, excluded words, and more. As Tech Crunch pointed out, it brings the social site more on par with Bluesky's search options. But the Bluesky app doesn't show all the filtering options yet.

Before this update, Threads would only show a keyword or keywords and filter these through "Top" or posts with the most engagements, and "Recent" or the latest posts. This new search feature is going to be rolled out to users in the coming weeks.

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