Twitter Could Introduce ‘Following’ Tab Similar to Threads in the Near Future

Threads, the recently launched social media platform by Meta, is said to be preparing to introduce a feature called the ‘Following’ tab, resembling Twitter’s widely-used micro-blogging app.

In response to a query about the ‘Followers’ tab, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said on Friday: “We’re working on it, but next week is about getting rid of the bugs and keeping the lights on…”

Responding to another thread, Mosseri explained, “We need to build the next feed in the next couple of weeks, but I think a lot of why people are engaging right now is because you don’t have to follow a bunch of people to find a bunch of new accounts in the feed.”

Meta’s Threads app already has over 95 million posts and has been liked over 190 million times within a day of its launch. These numbers were achieved on both iOS and Android platforms, and the app is currently the most popular free app in Apple’s App Store

Threads is a new app developed by the Instagram team for sharing text updates and participating in public conversations. You log in with your Instagram account and posts can be up to 500 characters long and contain links, photos and videos up to 5 minutes long.

Similar to Instagram, Threads allows users to follow and connect with friends and creators who share their interests, including people they follow on Instagram, according to the company. In addition, users under the age of 16 (or under 18 in some countries) are assigned a private profile by default when they join the app. In Threads, users can control who can mention or reply to them.

Like Instagram, users can add specific words to filter out replies that contain those words in their threads. They can also unfollow, block, restrict, or report a profile on Threads by tapping the three-dot menu, and any account they’ve blocked on Instagram will automatically be blocked on Threads.