While it’s good that Threads finally made a DM inbox available, the company is late in rolling it out. Its rival social network Bluesky introduced DMs in May 2024 .

At launch, Threads DMs will support one-on-one chats, preset emoji reactions, the ability to report spam, and mute DMs (as on Instagram). Other features, like group messaging, inbox filters, and more ...

Research firm Emarketer expects Threads' U.S. monthly active users will grow 17.5% to 60.5 million by next year, surpassing X, whose user base is expected to decline 14.4% to 50 million.

Nearly two years after launching Threads, Meta is finally giving in to users on one of the most requested features for the service: direct messaging. The company is beginning to test a dedicated ...

Threads users who want a direct messaging feature might be getting one they didn't exactly ask for. Meta is testing a sort of DM feature in which users can send messages, but only to Instagram ...

Users in select markets, including Hong Kong and Thailand, will get a dedicated inbox for direct messages on the app as part of the test, eliminating the need to switch to Instagram's messaging ...

Up until this point messaging someone on Threads sent you to Instagram DMs, but Meta is now testing a separate Threads DM inbox in Hong Kong, Thailand and Argentina. About.

Meta Platforms will begin test launching ads on its social media platform Threads with a few brands in the U.S. and Japan, it said on Friday, as the app hits more than 300 million monthly active ...

Meta's Threads is rolling out direct messaging in select markets like Hong Kong and Thailand, eliminating the need to switch to Instagram for DMs. This aims to attract users, leveraging Threads ...

Meta Platforms Inc. will open its Threads social network to almost all advertisers globally, creating a new line of revenue for the company by giving brands access to users across 30 markets, inclu… ...

Threads was a kind of extension of Instagram when it launched in 2023. However, over time, the reliance of Meta’s X rival platform on Instagram has waned. Now, Threads is getting its own DM ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on June 10th that Threads will start testing its own DM system this week, starting in Hong Kong, Thailand, and Argentina, with plans to expand to more locations ...