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Threads is rolling out a redesign that makes your feeds visible on the home screen, said Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram Announce Wednesday. The redesign allows you to quickly swipe between different feeds just like in X.
The change will roll out to Android on Wednesday, and will roll out to iOS in the coming days.
“Following is now just a swipe away, and you can easily swipe between any of your personalized feeds,” Mosseri said in the announcement. “This may seem like a small change, but it will make navigating the app much easier.”
The latest feature builds on updates that Threads has rolled out over the past two weeks. A few days ago, the social network began testing the option for users to choose “For You,” “Following,” or a custom feed as the default. The test has been a long time coming, with users asking for the option to set their following feed as the default since Threads launched last year.
Additionally, Threads rolled out personalized feeds last week to allow people to organize feeds around specific topics or specific user profiles. More content from people you follow will also now appear in the app’s “For You” algorithmic feed in response to complaints from users who wanted to see less content from people they don’t follow.
Threads is also working on a feature similar to Bluesky’s “Starter Packs,” which are curated lists of recommended users for people to follow when they first join the app.
All of these changes come at a time when Meta increasingly sees Bluesky, a decentralized X competitor, as a serious threat. Meta is moving quickly to update Threads at a time when many X users are moving to Bluesky, which recently surpassed 20 million users.
The social network caters to users and responds to their feedback in an attempt to prevent them from switching to Bluesky, which is catching up with Threads when it comes to daily active users.
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