Scheduled Threads posts now available to all; highlight and markup for some

Scheduled Threads posts are now available to all, after the company first began rolling it out to a small number of users last month. Additionally, users in a few countries can now highlight and annotate parts of other people’s posts when sharing them …

Instagram head Adam Mosseri made the announcement.

Some Threads updates today to help manage your presence on the app: You can now schedule posts on Threads, and metrics for individual posts are rolling out in Insights.

We’re also adding the ability to “markup” a post that you’re resharing so you can add your creative take, starting with a few countries with more to come soon. More to come soon.

Responses to the post were mostly unenthusiastic. Some take exception to the markup feature.

“Markup as in people can alter and draw on top of your artwork?? NO thank you. It’s hard enough with people stealing art already.”

“Marking up a post sounds terrible for artists and other creatives.”

“So many artists are fighting for their stolen/copied artwork and content. Meta is trash if they roll this out.”

Though Engadget reports that users can opt out.

A Threads spokesperson confirms that the feature will function similarly to quote posts in that the original user is notified if someone chooses to mark up their post. You can also use the “who can reply and quote” setting to disable markups on your own posts.

Others say these are just not the kind of features people have been requesting.

“Just here to remind you that nobody asked for this and if you look, not even hard, you can find exactly what people want from the platform”

“These updates are NOT what most of us wanted or asked for. Who does scheduled posts? We asked for chronological, better algorithm and no BOTS, yet here we are with none of that but scheduling is best.”

“What about passkeys? When will we get those?”

There are also comments on Meta’s decision to cancel fact-checking and allow hate speech on the company’s platforms.

“Any chance we’ll be able to schedule fact checking”

“Now you can schedule your hate messages to any LGBTQ+ person easily with Threads!”

“What about updating Threads so that gay people like myself can’t be called ‘mentally ill’ or women ‘objects’?”

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