Threads is testing disappearing posts that expire after 24 hours

Threads is testing the choice for customers to place a 24-hour expiration timer on their posts, after which the put up and all replies would disappear, Tales-style. A spokesperson confirmed to that the function is being examined amongst a bunch of customers after it was first noticed earlier this summer time by developer . It sounds quite a bit like pre-X Twitter’s Fleets, . However, the ephemeral format might save ordinary post-deleters some bother.

It comes just a few months after Instagram head Adam Mosseri shared that Threads was . That elective function would let customers designate a date for his or her posts to be hidden from the feed. However Threads customers up to now have indicated that they of computerized archiving, and such a function hasn’t but proven up on a wider scale. Threads at the start of August, and just lately launched an for customers — notably these with massive followings — to maintain monitor of their account’s efficiency. Meta additionally stated the choice to schedule posts is on the way in which.