Threads is now officially available; the abc of what it is and how to use it

You can also block, restrict or report a Threads profile and if the user has already performed this action on Instagram, it will be replicated in the new application, since they will be connected and your followers will initially be the same on both platforms.

Meta also confirmed that any user who is under the age of 16 will have a private profile by default in order to protect their privacy, while accessibility features such as AI-generated image descriptions and screen reader will also be available. available.

The first decentralized Meta social network

The company noted that Threads will be compatible with the open social networking protocol ActivityPub, which was established by the World Wide Web Consortium, and to which other platforms such as Mastodon also adhere.

With this, Meta claims, Threads will be “interoperable with other apps that also support the ActivityPub protocol, such as WordPress, enabling new kinds of connections that simply aren’t possible in most social apps today.”

This means that when it goes live, any user will be able to decide to stop using the platform, but transfer their content to another service at any time, as well as interact with users of other platforms even if they do not have a Threads account.