Illustration: The Verge Meta is rolling out the ability to tag your location on your Threads posts. If you have the feature, you'll see a pin in the post composer that you can tap so you can include where you are.Note that adding your location to a Threads post doesn't share an exact pin on a map. Instead, the feature lets you give your users an approximate idea of your location by sharing things like a city name, a neighborhood, or a restaurant. And if you see a Threads post that includes a location, you can tap that location to see other posts from the same place.I have the feature, and I've been messing around with it. When I tap the pin in the post composer, Threads shows me a range of options: I can stay broad by tagging myself in Portland, OR, which is... Continue reading...

Instagram says the feature is in early development. | Illustration: The Verge Threads is working on a new community feature that will seemingly allow users to group together around particular topics and interests, TechCrunch reports. Developer Chris Messina spotted references to Loops" in the code for Threads' latest app update, which vaguely describes something similar to the Communities" feature on X or even subreddits.The code mentions things like the ability to join and leave a Loop community, and giving it a name and bio. The discovery builds upon sleuthing done earlier by developer and established leaker Alessandro Paluzzi, who found examples showing what the Loops feature might look like inside the Threads app, including a shortcut to the composer and the home header." One screenshot shows a speech... Continue reading...

Illustration: The Verge We are rebalancing ranking to prioritize content from people you follow, which will mean less recommended content from accounts you don't follow and more posts from the accounts you do starting today," Threads boss Adam Mosseri announced on Thursday.This is another significant change to Threads since many people started flocking to Bluesky. It lets people default to seeing their Following feed when they open the app and offers lots of customizability, including custom feeds. Threads just yesterday rolled out its take on custom feeds less than a week after it started testing them.The change could make the For You feed include more accounts you care about, but we'll have to wait and see if the update addresses the problem of the... Continue reading...