{"id":19321,"date":"2024-11-27T21:34:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T21:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19321"},"modified":"2024-11-27T21:34:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T21:34:30","slug":"threads-now-lets-you-swipe-between-different-feeds-right-from-the-home-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19321","title":{"rendered":"Threads now lets you swipe between different feeds right from the home screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Threads is rolling out a redesign that keeps your feeds visible on the home screen, Instagram head Adam Mosseri <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@mosseri\/post\/DC4rig3S7uV?xmt=AQGzwCw8gWPVoULw2Jf7F60CMa1JkDW78ANN71OI46oAjg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a> on Wednesday. The redesign allows you to quickly swipe between different feeds just like you can on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The change is rolling out on Android on Wednesday, and will launch on iOS in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFollowing is now just a swipe away, and you can easily swipe between any of your custom feeds,\u201d Mosseri said in the announcement. \u201cThis may look like a small change, but it should make navigating the app much simpler.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest feature builds on updates that Threads has rolled out over the past two weeks. A few days ago, the social network began <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/11\/25\/threads-tests-the-ability-for-users-to-choose-their-preferred-default-feed\/\">testing the option<\/a> for users to choose their For You, Following, or a custom feed as default. The test was a long time coming, as users requested the option to set their Following feed as default since Threads\u2019 launch last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, Threads rolled out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/11\/20\/as-bluesky-soars-threads-rolls-out-custom-feeds-globally\/\">custom feeds<\/a>\u00a0last week to allow people to curate feeds around specific topics or certain user profiles. It will also now\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/11\/21\/threads-adjusts-its-algorithm-to-show-you-more-content-from-accounts-you-follow\/\">surface more content<\/a>\u00a0from people you follow in the app\u2019s \u201cFor You\u201d algorithmic feed in response to complaints from users who wanted to see less content from people they don\u2019t follow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Threads is also <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/11\/27\/metas-threads-is-developing-its-own-take-on-blueskys-starter-packs\/\">working on a feature<\/a> that\u2019s similar to Bluesky\u2019s \u201cStarter Packs,\u201d which are curated lists of recommended users for people to follow when they first join the app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of these changes come as Meta is increasingly seeing <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/11\/19\/what-is-bluesky-everything-to-know-about-the-x-competitor\/\">Bluesky<\/a>, a decentralized\u00a0X competitor, as a serious threat. Meta has been moving quickly to update Threads at a time when many X users are moving to Bluesky, which has recently surpassed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/11\/19\/bluesky-tops-20m-users-narrowing-gap-with-instagram-threads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">20 million users<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The social network has been working to appease users and is responding to their feedback in an effort to keep them from moving to Bluesky, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/11\/19\/bluesky-tops-20m-users-narrowing-gap-with-instagram-threads\/\">catching up with Threads<\/a> when it comes to daily active users. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/11\/27\/threads-now-lets-you-swipe-between-different-feeds-right-from-the-home-screen\/\">techcrunch.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Threads is rolling out a redesign that keeps your feeds visible on the home screen, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Wednesday. The redesign allows you to quickly swipe between different feeds just like you can on X. The change is rolling out on Android on Wednesday, and will launch on iOS in the coming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}