Meta’s social network Threads is expanding the number of topics available through its New communities featureThe company announced this on Monday. This expansion may lead people to use communities on Reddit and X less.
Platform initially launched More than 100 communities in October, Which includes networks dedicated to basketball, television, K-pop, books, and more to better compete with other social networks. With today’s expansion, Threads now has over 200 communities, including team-specific spaces like Lakers Threads, Knicks Threads, and Spurs Threads.
The company is also testing Flare within the community, which is also very common on Reddit. This feature lets you add a customizable label below your username. For example, in the NBA community, you can use flair to show which team you support, or in the book community, you can indicate whether you are a writer.
Threads is also testing “Champion” badges to reward members who are highly active in the community. The company said it is only giving out badges to a limited number of people who have a high following in the community and who actively interact.
The social platform, which competes with startups like Elon Musk’s X and Bluesky, crossed 400 million users in AugustTwo years after its launch. company Also noted this decline Now more than 150 million people visit the site every day.
To date, the focus has been on engaging and retaining users with features like threads dms, group chatAnd momentary postAnd other extras.
