Facebook’s parent firm just rolled out a unique test that not all critics are optimistic about.
The company is experimenting with cross-posting between the Facebook and Threads platform, which began this week. This means users are being promoted to share any of their life updates across Meta’s latest version of Twitter, dubbed Threads.
An example was rolled out on this front by a leading tech researcher named Ljiljana Grujicic who mentioned how any present in this experimental phase would now see a new toggle option to switch on when using the cross-posting feature across Threads.
Image: @whimchic / Threads
Meta spoke recently to TechCrunch about how such features are very limited for the time being and should only be seen as a test across iOS devices. They would similarly only apply to posts including those featuring links and text, not video for now. Also, the trials are being rolled out to everyone except the EU.
This is going to make it so much simpler for users to share updates with a larger audience but the main query at hand right now is if users wish to share similar content through their Threads and Facebook apps or not.
Another leading question is what Threads users take on this and if they actually do wish to read the content.
We can see how this experimental phase has a lot to do with the cross-pollination of material from one of Meta’s leading platforms to the next. We already know that Facebook and Instagram have a high usage with the masses but perhaps this might be a wise strategy to get more people using the Threads platform.
Updates from Threads are reshared simply to Instagram and the opposite is true as well. So it was only obvious that Meta would make the most of the feature by allowing the same on Facebook. Did we mention how the Facebook platform also entails a unit called Threads Highlights?
It might not be adored by the masses because the company keeps on bombarding user feeds with it. This means Meta would attain the greatest mileage through content that users post across all of its platforms online. But as mentioned in the past, we are not quite sure how such an integration in the future between Threads and a host of other platforms is going to be beneficial to the growth of Threads’ platform.
The profiles that users follow on the X app, for instance, would be so much more different than what users are engaging with on the Instagram app. Moreover, it’s likely to be more variable on the Facebook app. Such platforms have specific purposes and it seems that Threads must be keeping itself aloft as compared to entwining functions as well as algorithms with similar platforms seen online.
This has also given rise to things like lazy posting where users continue to reshare updates on a routine basis and that could really deteriorate the whole experience seen on Threads.
But Meta does seem confident with its plan for the future and how it hopes to build Threads further so that it can transform into its next big app featuring a billion users. They hope to do that via a greater focus on positivity and updates recommended by AI technology, and also through more content fed into the system so users continue to be engaged.
But the thought of Threads users seeing funny content like hilarious videos popping up on a feed that otherwise has serious news or debates is certainly going to be interesting and we’re not sure if users are ready for just that.
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The company is experimenting with cross-posting between the Facebook and Threads platform, which began this week. This means users are being promoted to share any of their life updates across Meta’s latest version of Twitter, dubbed Threads.
An example was rolled out on this front by a leading tech researcher named Ljiljana Grujicic who mentioned how any present in this experimental phase would now see a new toggle option to switch on when using the cross-posting feature across Threads.
Meta spoke recently to TechCrunch about how such features are very limited for the time being and should only be seen as a test across iOS devices. They would similarly only apply to posts including those featuring links and text, not video for now. Also, the trials are being rolled out to everyone except the EU.
This is going to make it so much simpler for users to share updates with a larger audience but the main query at hand right now is if users wish to share similar content through their Threads and Facebook apps or not.
Another leading question is what Threads users take on this and if they actually do wish to read the content.
We can see how this experimental phase has a lot to do with the cross-pollination of material from one of Meta’s leading platforms to the next. We already know that Facebook and Instagram have a high usage with the masses but perhaps this might be a wise strategy to get more people using the Threads platform.
Updates from Threads are reshared simply to Instagram and the opposite is true as well. So it was only obvious that Meta would make the most of the feature by allowing the same on Facebook. Did we mention how the Facebook platform also entails a unit called Threads Highlights?
It might not be adored by the masses because the company keeps on bombarding user feeds with it. This means Meta would attain the greatest mileage through content that users post across all of its platforms online. But as mentioned in the past, we are not quite sure how such an integration in the future between Threads and a host of other platforms is going to be beneficial to the growth of Threads’ platform.
The profiles that users follow on the X app, for instance, would be so much more different than what users are engaging with on the Instagram app. Moreover, it’s likely to be more variable on the Facebook app. Such platforms have specific purposes and it seems that Threads must be keeping itself aloft as compared to entwining functions as well as algorithms with similar platforms seen online.
This has also given rise to things like lazy posting where users continue to reshare updates on a routine basis and that could really deteriorate the whole experience seen on Threads.
But Meta does seem confident with its plan for the future and how it hopes to build Threads further so that it can transform into its next big app featuring a billion users. They hope to do that via a greater focus on positivity and updates recommended by AI technology, and also through more content fed into the system so users continue to be engaged.
But the thought of Threads users seeing funny content like hilarious videos popping up on a feed that otherwise has serious news or debates is certainly going to be interesting and we’re not sure if users are ready for just that.
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