Threads is now rolling out a brand new Tags characteristic globally on the platform. The Meta-owned platform was launched earlier this 12 months to rival Elon Musk’s X. Meta introduced a couple of weeks again that it was testing using tags on Threads posts. This characteristic, also called hashtags, has been standard throughout social media websites for years and it’s obtainable on a number of platforms together with Threads-rival X, previously Twitter. However, Thread’s model of hashtags comes with some limitations and alterations.
Instagram Head Adam Mosseri introduced in a Threads put up that customers can now tag a subject in a put up. He confirmed that the characteristic is rolling out to all customers globally. The characteristic is alleged to assist customers categorise their posts and make them simpler to seek out and have interaction with. Although the characteristic is just like the hashtag characteristic obtainable on different platforms which have turn into largely standard previously few years, Threads tags include some seen modifications and some useful alterations.
Mosseri explains that in a Threads tag, the “#” image won’t be proven, and customers can tag a couple of phrase even when they’re spaced out, and most significantly just one tag could be added per put up. As per Mosseri, this tackle tags is geared toward making conversations extra targeted on communities and fewer on “engagement hacking.”
To use a tag on Threads, you can use the “#” key in your keyboard or the brand new # button within the put up composer. You can be offered with a listing of current subjects to select from or you’ll be able to decide to create your individual. You will be capable to use areas between phrases and embrace particular characters inside a tag.
Since the “#” image doesn’t seem on the put up, the Tag on a Threads put up seems in blue, just like a hyperlink. You can click on on the tag to comply with different conversations on the identical subject. An Instagram Product Designer additionally added that emojis will also be used as or included in a tag.
