Threads is testing the choice to robotically conceal your previous posts. Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the characteristic is barely out there to a “small number” of customers for now, however it should allow you to select to archive particular person posts manually or have them robotically archived after a sure period of time.
You’ll be able to see an instance of how the characteristic would possibly look in Mosseri’s publish on Threads. Customers with entry to the take a look at ought to be capable to manually archive their content material by hitting the three dots within the top-right nook of a publish and choosing “Archive now.” This may give customers the choice to cover sure posts on their profiles, just like the archive possibility on Instagram.
Mosseri says that customers could make their posts public once more at any time. He additionally provides that this characteristic received’t grow to be the default on Threads. “I ran a poll… and the resounding feedback was not to make this the default, so we’re gonna try it as an option,” Mosseri says.
Customers on X, previously generally known as Twitter, have lengthy requested the power to archive posts on the platform, and plenty of have turned to third-party providers to cover their content material as a substitute. At the least Threads may finally have an archiving possibility built-in.