On Saturday, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced that the company is planning to come up with a Threads application programming interface (API).
Twitter Rival Threads Rolls Out Edit Button For Free To Users
12.10.2023 - 21:59 / pcmag.com / Mark Zuckerberg / Elon Musk / Adam Mosseri
Still remember Threads, Mark Zuckerberg’s competitor to Twitter? The app is finally getting an edit button for posts. But unlike Twitter/X, users won’t have to pay for it.
The edit button began rolling out to users today, according to Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Users can access the function by tapping the three-dot menu next to a post.
Instagram head Adam Mosseri adds that users will be given up to five minutes to edit a post. To highlight the time limit, the app will show you a countdown over an editable post. Also, if you do change a post, the app won't show any indicator that the text was altered.
The free edit button could appeal to users disenchanted with Twitter/X, which has undergone numerous controversial changes under new owner Elon Musk. Last year, Twitter itself rolled out its own edit button, a feature numerous users had been asking for. But currently, the edit button has only been available to paid subscribers, who have up to an hour to edit their tweets.
Threads’ own edit button will arrive alongside another feature: Voice threads. This will allow users to record and publish audio-based posts, similar to what Twitter already offers to iOS users.
Threads has been steadily adding the new functions in a bid to beat Twitter at its own game. Back in August, the platform finally launched a web version of the service, making it easily accessible over a PC when before Threads was only available for smartphones.
But despite the improvements, Threads has struggled to gain much steam among consumers, according to internet traffic analyzer SimilarWeb. Instead, most users have remained with Twitter.
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