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Threads, an Instagram app App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Eventually gave upI persevered with this app for a month or so hoping it would replace Twitter but it’s still lacking so much. The following feed took so long to arrive that no one I follow is using the app now. I have more followers than on Twitter but never get any engagement and the algorithm is still showing me irrelevant and boring content. The thing that makes me favour Twitter most is the ability to search for keywords so I can see people talking about specific topics. Deleting now..Version: 297.0
✓ Pretty good content but the comment section structure is confusingI find that the comment sections on here are hard to track. I can't always tell who's responding to who in order to follow or keep up a conversation. On reddit it's much easier for example to keep talking along the same line with someone because of the way the lines at the left lead you from one iteration of a conversation to another. It also has a ‘view parent comment’ and a ‘view all comments’ button that would be handy in Threads. I have difficulty engaging with anyone beyond one or 2 comments if there's more than one person commenting in that posts’ comment section..Version: 309.0
✓ Overhyped unfinished appApp that was definitely just dropped because people were fussing about twitter again and don’t get me wrong because I’d love to see new competition so twitter will step up and stop making dumb decisions, but as of now, why would I have any reason to use threads? Profiles are boring and messy, no customization besides changing your icon and putting a link, no pinned posts or some sort of media tab, no way to browse people you ACTUALLY follow, and what was the point of flexing no ads if the following feed is brand after brand after brand anyways? There’s also no dms. Uninstalled after muting over a hundreds accounts, random celebrities and tiktok stars and brands I’ve never even heard of just keep appearing. Not worth your time, just keep using instagram because really, what’s the point of this app with how empty it is? Maybe in the future they will add dms and options to pin posts or have a media tab, but I legitimately can’t believe people were hyping up what’s half of a finished app.Version: 289
✓ Twitter is betterBad layout this is going to die.Version: 289
✓ Where find followed?Great app, but where can I find groups I follow to mange them?? And 80% of my feed is from things I dont follow, it's annoying..Version: 289
✓ Pointless AppWhat’s the point on having this app when we already have Instagram?.Version: 293.0
✓ Please read this review :)Twitter is better, and this app is horrible. Threads deserves 1 star because it’s boring and not the same as Twitter. Also I don’t think we really needed a twitter clone. Tbh I think we have enough social media as it is LOL. Also why leave or delete twitter when you literally have the biggest following on twitter. Also, for all the people that are trying to leave Twitter because you're too soft to deal with people, grow up LOL. Every social media app has bots and annoying people. It’s literally the internet; if you don’t like it, get off. Threads literally has the same thing as Twitter that’s why threads are implementing rate limits on the app now. Also, If you are leaving Twitter because of Elon Musk, well... I would rather trust Musk than the person who can’t keep data safe and also has privacy issues on their app. At least Musk hasn’t been to court for mishandling millions of people's data. A lot of people forget about what Zuckerberg has done with our data..Version: 292.1
✓ Fine, but this can’t be good.I will preface this by saying that I very rarely access social media; I use Snapchat for a handful of people and have a Facebook account for Marketplace. I am also NOT an Elon fanboy. The app is made very well, as Meta has quite a robust budget and talented programming team. Aside from that, I don’t like how the people you follow are shuffled between random check marks and that it’s unfiltered. Good for a basic, feed-central social media. With all that being said, this app will cause nothing but trouble. Elon Musk’s primary reason for purchasing Twitter in the first place was to divorce it from political power and fumigate the existing echo chamber. Less shadow-banning led to a more balanced ecosystem of opinions. Mark Zuckerberg, head of Meta which was known to sell user information and bolster an all around terrible support ticket system, is making a new “Twitter” right before an election cycle. I can’t wait to see how one-sided things shall be on Threads and not Twitter. I do not wish to continue using either app, however I feel as if a neutral opinion was warranted..Version: 289
✓ Should be called FirehoseThis app is a firehose of irrelevant content. It pushes content completely unrelated to ones interests and accounts one is following. The UI is messy and childish, lacking the sophistication of other message based social media. There is no way to see only what one wants to see. Instead, Threads decides what content you see and most of it looks like marketing crap..Version: 289
✓ 👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽You can not delete your account, and if you try to deactivate it, it still appears on your Instagram profile..Version: 295.0
✓ Buggy and lacking important featuresI was scrolling on my feed liking posts when I suddenly got banned for "spam" despite never even posting, only liking posts. I tried to contest the ban but then the app completely froze for multiple minutes. I restarted the app and now it just says there's been an error. I even deleted and redownloaded the app and it still has the same message that I cant escape. there's literally nothing I can do. I'm just glad I made the account with a new instagram and not my personal account because if my actual instagram got banned for no reason I would be even more mad. On top of this, the app itself is like they combined all the worst parts of twitter and instagram, and left out anything good. The feed is clogged with posts accounts from accounts you don't follow, there's no post notification tab, no translate button, you can't select text, you can't search for specific posts, interface is cluttered, I could go on..Version: 289
✓ App keeps crashingIt keeps crashing when I try to create my first Thread post..Version: 289
✓ Can’t search up topicsThis looks like it has potential, but I can’t look up topics the same way I could with instagram or twitter. It’s pretty useless in its current state..Version: 292.1
✓ Should display full size on iPad.Hard to believe that this ap won’t run full screen on iPad. ☹️.Version: 293.0
✓ Have no rights and can’t delete accountLearn your rights, stop giving apps your freedom and privacy.Version: 289
✓ Delayed NotificationsIf you turn notifications on for an account you follow, the notification comes through delayed and unpredictably. For example, you get a notification saying an account made a post 2 minute ago, but then you check that post and it has been posted 3 days ago..Version: 289
✓ Needs a ‘following’ feedDon’t really see the point of a social media app if you can’t even choose to see the posts of the people you follow. Shockingly some of us aren’t desperate for minute by minute updates from the minds of Kardashians. A desktop app is also sorely needed, and some interface features like following need to be turned into buttons on mobile so they are clearly tappable..Version: 289
✓ Not worth it for small new businessesUnless you have a major following on Instagram there is no point having threads. I used Threads for a week & even though I posted the same as I did on Tik Tok, Insta & Facebook i got 0 views on anything I posted. Threads got deleted! Same with Instagram. The algorithm is absolutely rubbish unless you want to talk about how to gain followers then boom everyone will see it. But getting your brand out on Insta & Threads is literally pointless & impossible at this stage. If you want people to stay on your app make it worth their while. Insta will be deleted soon too. Just isn’t worth any time on the app when even with perfect SEO & Hashtags nobody sees your posts..Version: 299.0
✓ Unable to useThe app keeps crashing. I've just opened the app and I am unable to post anything. Not even messages. I'm not sure if I'm the only one experiencing this but I really do hope this bug gets fixed 🙏 I do like the app and think it has the potential. It would be much better then Twitter but it does need more features then simple texting. Although I'm unable to do any of that since the app keeps crashing anytime I tried to post or reply to anything. Please fix this soon, thank you.Version: 289
✓ This is no twitter challengerYou can’t order the tweets based on time. So no latest button or similar. If you want an app which will provide real time info for you to read or watch this is not it. So it is pointless for anyone who wants to make a public statement, like a celebrity, journalist, politician or the like. It makes the entire app redundant as a source of news or gossip. You get the sense this is an attempt to repackage Facebook for the TikTok generation. But why would anyone want that? Just use TikTok. So not as useful as twitter, and not as good as TikTok. What’s the point…?.Version: 305.0
✓ Shameless App ownersWhat is the use of This App.? You can’t even pay Instagram Creator’s, New App against Elon musk Not worth it He can buy you all Including Facebook. this is useless app Even Instagram Your Like Tiktok shameless, Learn from Snapchat They are awarding there creator’s. your greedy app Not sharing revenue with creator. Shame on you… 😇.Version: 306.0
✓ The app is unresponsive“Sorry something went wrong. Try again” “Content not available”.Version: 293.0
✓ Threads is user-hostileInsistence on a terrible algorithm. Limited features by design. Arrogant leadership that wants to redefine basic features like hashtags and search. Toxic brand-led positivity. I tried for months to like Threads, but I don’t see it being a good place. It already feels so user-hostile. Not letting me turn off the For You feed is just hostile. It makes me use the app less (I like real-time posts). And the feed is awful compared to other apps like TikTok or Twitter. It recommends spam all day and engagement-farming posts. Then it’ll throw in a following post from 2 days ago. Plus all this “positivity” which equates to not letting people discuss important issues. Every third post makes fun of Twitter (I hate Elon, but it’s been months, stop talking about the platform) but they don’t promote news. I hope Mastodon and Bluesky dominate but I’m afraid Meta is content with letting Twitter continue to live and eat their lunch..Version: 309.0
✓ I liked it until it started only showing me people I don’t knowWhen I first signed up I could see all the people I follow on my feed, and then it refreshed and now it only shows me people I don’t know and don’t follow….Version: 289
✓ Has potential but currently too limitedNot having a section of the feed dedicated only to your following section, combined with the flat-out broken notification system for posts (they arrive hours/days late), means it’s almost impossible to actively engage with pages you’re interested in. Instead, it’s a barrage of random posts, all using the same Instagram model of “see it once, never see it again”. Very frustrating. There’s a lot of potential and I can see it’s still early days, but I personally don’t have much interest in using it in this current stage.Version: 289
✓ It’s okIt’s pretty basic. Would be a LOT better with widgets.Version: 315.0
✓ Needs a few details to be addedI like the threads app it is really easy to use but there is some minor details that could be added such as the feature to have a following only list like instagram, to be able to translate posts and comments to other languages and to see who you are following but overall I think the app is great and has a clean design..Version: 307.0
✓ Feed skips to the topI want the feed to be where I left it, so I can scroll through from where I was up to. But each time you come in it’s at the top so there is nowhere to scroll but down. Needs to be fixed..Version: 289
✓ Can’t log inDo I have to install the instagram app first to be able to use this app? I do have an instagram account but just didn’t have the app installed on my iPad, and I downloaded this app and try to log in with instagram (because this was the only option given for logging in) and it pop me a message saying page isn’t available at the moment..Version: 289
✓ A Shocking Disregard for PrivacyI had high hopes for the Threads app, but those were quickly squashed by its complete disregard for user privacy. It's alarming how much personal data it collects and shares without explicit permission. With vague privacy policies that barely scratch the surface of their actual data handling practices, it's clear that user privacy is an afterthought for Threads. If you value your digital privacy, I'd suggest looking elsewhere. The convenience of the app just isn't worth the privacy trade-off. 1/5 stars..Version: 289
✓ Threads badge on InstagramI got this app about a month or so ago, I love it but I accidentally removed the badge from my home page on Instagram and currently there is no way to get it back and I would REALLY love for the manufacturers to come up with a way for the people who have removed the badge to recover it and have it back on their Instagram home page..Version: 298.0
✓ SEEMS PROMISING BUT…Zuck, my boy…if we’re gonna rake in the legal trouble by “mimicking” or grabbing “inspiration” from the bird next door *wink wink* let’s go ahead and stick to what works. Please, I beg you, fix the video playback on this app. Let’s grant users the option to disable auto-play, let’s add a scrolling tool so we don’t have to sit through the whole video or (God forbid) have our fingers slip and start the video all the way from the beginning, and let’s fix that pesky/stubborn audio enable button. Also, let’s update the U.I. a little bit. It’s giving: bland. Let’s add some pizzazz! I enjoy seeing what threads my friends reply to, but I also wanna see what they like. Lastly, the search tab…have your team take some notes on what Bluey’s doing to make things interactive (i.e. “For you”, “Trending”, “News”, etc.) and move forward from there. Thanks buddy..Version: 289
✓ Cannot loginThe app says I cannot login because an account doesn’t match the requirements. What are the requirements?.Version: 289
✓ Same oldBeen using it about a week and all seems well at first as I wanted some peace from Twitter as any article particularly news ends up with endless arguing over opinions , it’s actually tiring and gets depressing . If this is supposed to be a friendlier alternative it’s not working as I can see the same thing slowly creeping into this app . Usually starts off with either left or right politics or baiting news articles , need to get rid of the lot of it ..Version: 299.0
✓ Data Theft & MiningThis knockoff accesses ALL YOUR DATA ON AND OFF YOUR DEVICES 😱🤯.Version: 289
✓ Copy of the twitterOne star because this app performs is not a great it just copy of the twitter and we already have twitter with free speech so personally I don’t want threads..Version: 291
✓ No #hashtagsIt’s ok but can’t compete against Twitter even though it’s almost the same. It kinda doesn’t make sense to have this and Instagram. Also they don’t include #hashtags which is counterproductive. Couldn’t write & post review until I got out of the app and went back to Instagram as the post tab was hidden by the keyboard and I couldn’t remove that either..Version: 309.0
✓ App crashes on iPhone SECan't write any post. App Just crashes. Could be compatibility issue?.Version: 289
✓ So difficult to log inPretty much already have to have Instagram to log in, it's still too difficult anyway.Version: 289
✓ Better alternatives.I refuse to believe people are willingly jumping ship to a worse version of Twitter in terms of Privacy. People, this is FACEBOOK AKA META we are talking about. They are the worst of the worst out there and a very invasive company collecting as much information about you as it possible can. They have rebranded themselves to attract the new Gen Z and to hide all their arising privacy concerns. This company owns WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and now Threads, you are just feeding a monster and jumping in the new trendy and hyped thing happening on the news. Please don’t even consider it, and if you like Instagram and wish to delete your Threads account now you won’t be able unless you also delete your Instagram account. Don’t create an account..Version: 291
✓ Cant send photos on instagramAfter you connect your account to threads you lose the ability to share photos with the other accounts which aren’t connected to threads. To solve this issue I tried to delete my threads account but apparently doing that also deletes my instagram account..Version: 289
✓ Suggestion.Pretty please have a setting where you can decide if you want the app to open with “for you” or “following” upon launch. I was hoping to just view the people I follow other wise it just seems like every other platform. All the best :).Version: 309.0
✓ Can’t delete accountI downloaded this app out of curiosity and now want to delete my account because i’m not using this app and it says i have to delete my insta account to delete this account. Now i keep getting emails and notifications on my instagram about threads even though i deleted the app..Version: 312.0
✓ Yeah I can’t get into itI’ve tried it twice can’t get into it. For one thing I don’t like seeing people I don’t follow on my timeline. And there’s no option to shut that off. I muted 20 profiles before I decided it’s not worth it. it’s a cheap knock off. Ill stick with twitter..Version: 291
✓ Toxic and miserable appThis app is so toxic and mentally draining to be on even for just a few minutes. It’s a knock-off of Twitter and since I dork have much experience with Twitter, I can’t say whether this app is worse or not, but I can’t say it’s very bad. I think the main problem with this app is that the algorithm promotes political posts and other posts about controversial subjects. It doesn’t seem to cater that portion of the algorithm to the user’s opinions based on what they like, dislike, and the kind of accounts they block. A lot of these posts reach the wrong audience, leading to hate and toxicity. In my opinion, a lot of the more controversial posts I saw the second I first opened the app were very stupid, misinformed, or extremist, and this goes for content promoting both sides of the political spectrum. Another big problem this app has is with bots. More specifically, there are an absurd amount of s*x bots and catfish. These types of accounts are usually linked to scams, yet the app literally promotes them as I saw countless amounts when I first started using the app. All in all, this is Twitter but with Facebook’s audience and YouTube’s bot problem..Version: 312.0
✓ Just like TwitterIt’s an almost exact copy of Twitter. Pretty pointless if you already use Twitter but it’s still a alright app.Version: 289
✓ Hate it😡If you want to delete this you need to delete your instagram account ! It’s stupid.. Don’t like it!.Version: 289
✓ App sucks so farNot gonna even title it. It’s nice that there are no scammers yet but Sucks that In order to delete it threads you have to delete instagram..Version: 313.0
✓ Needs better discovery and media handlingAlthough my feed is filled with posts from people I follow, as soon as that content runs out — which doesn’t long for a new platform — I very quickly start seeing extremely unsuitable content, such as religious and political posts which I actively avoid. I realise it’s all algorithmic and the site has to pull content from somewhere if there’s nothing from your followers, but right now the targeting of that content needs work. For example, I clearly follow a lot of tech and gaming content, so it would be better if the ‘backup’ content focused on that more rather than such generic posts. I also find the media handling a bit weak. I know this is an Instagram thing, but virtually every app on the iPhone supports double tap to zoom, and when you zoom in it stays zoomed in. This is essential for one-handed use, whereas Threads currently requires two hands to zoom: one to hold the phone and another to pinch. This might seem nit-picky, but pictures are a huge part of a certain social network I won’t name, so it being awkward to enjoy them fully on Threads isn’t ideal..Version: 293.0
✓ Cannot loginI get a notification that my instagram account doesn’t have the necessary permissions to login and to try another account..Version: 289
✓ ThreadsThreads is cool. Just keep in mind that if you delete your threads account, your instagram account will also automatically be deleted..Version: 289
✓ YikesElon isn’t gonna like this.Version: 292.0
✓ No followers feedAfter logging in I am drowning in random posts with no way to tailor the feed to people and topics I’m interested in. Just a messy clutter of endless celebrity posts. Hard pass. Let me remove the threads badge from my Instagram profile. I don’t want that. Let me delete my threads profile without touching my Instagram. Won’t let me remove it from my Instagram profile so everyone thinks I have a threads account..Version: 299.0
✓ Twitter ripoff, government censor & data collector for the eliteThe info they collect is scary and you should be very concerned what they are doing with your data! As we know Meta canjot be trusted and is a part of government spying and pushing misinformation and preventing free thought and free speech! They collect: Health & Fitness, Purchases, Financial Info, Location, Contacts, Contact Info, User Content, Browsing History, Search History, Identifiers, all Usage Data, Diagnostics, Sensitive Info, Other Data. They don’t need this unless they are selling all your data and helping build a social credit score system. Wake up…. Meta is bad news for you and your children’s future!.Version: 289
✓ BoringIt will be another failed social media which made just to compete twitter and fail against it. Poor thinking from Zuk. Shame and Lame?!.Version: 289
✓ PointlessYou’re connected to 80% of your Instagram followers (when you’re already connected with them on Instagram and Facebook) and 20% of curious Twitter followers (when you’re already connected with them on Twitter) it just feels like an unnecessary social media. Already swimming in woke media that loved banning people, having had that power taken away from them with Twitter, little wonder why they’re all promoting it with so much bias. I can’t see Threads lasting, the vast majority of accounts signing up are just inactive curious people checking the media hype, who don’t want to have another place to copy/paste content for followers that they’re already connected with in multiple other socials. (No doubt this will also put Buffer/Hootsuite pricing up also have to add another social media pointlessly) Typical of Meta, Threads also doesn’t have a UI for iPad, which probably won’t come any time soon as neither does Instagram still. At least Twitter put effort into that..Version: 291
✓ Binding the two and inappropriateWhen I had threads at first. I was seeing so many things people were getting away with. Nasty talk, showing way to much of themselves and I genuinely thought things out. On Instagram, I can get flagged for the simplist infraction. And that’s leaving a positive comment that just may have the word, “gay” in it. Talking about it in a positive way. But no matter the context, comments are rejected because of “guidelines”. Switch over to threads and it’s a free for all. I was thinking of dropping all together my Instagram. I’ve never used such a hypocritical site in my life. To leave a comment on a post that someone is showing way to much skin, or even swearing like crazy in the post. But get my comment taken down because of guidelines. Then take down that persons post. As it’s content itself goes against guidelines. Hold the same standard for all or don’t use that at all. There is so much filth on instagram. A LOT! Threads to me is a step up on the nasty scale. I was hit on, sent nasty things. That’s the reason I uninstalled it. They’re all running free in there doing and saying whatever they want. No! Both platforms need cleaned up, both of them do. There’s no way you can tell me that you all don’t know about these accounts unless we report them. If you stop me from making a comment on them, then you have to stop them from posting their nasty posts based on said guidelines..Version: 315.1
✓ Looks Decent Works HorriblyThis was released way before it’s time. They should have figured out the basics. No hashtags, no search for anything other than usernames, poor interoperability between Meta platforms of any, immediately put limits but never posted or published expectations, good active threaders being put in timeout or banned due to being excited and active, no way to communicate with AI to explain your case of not being a script. Head of Instagram acknowledged that unintentional restrictions would be put on active users with good intentions with no way of getting ahold of the company. You see so much crap, and you have no control of your feed. When you unfollow people you will see the egregious content anyway. Profile is weak, text characters is too limited, no way to know if those you follow and following you. No edit button, slow & unresponsive, the list goes on….Version: 292.1
✓ Wouldn’t botherHave tried but seems so buggy.Version: 289
✓ Not bad for an alpha or beta productLots of people and conversations there now. Journalists there too. This review is about the iOS app. 1. The latest versions do not let me click on thumbnail links, and many people only post those. 2. If I manage to find a clickable link, it opens in a window that leaves a large chunk of my screen at the top unused. 3. The new edit function is great, but selecting and navigating text in the compose/edit window is hard. I also can't select an individual word or phrase in a post to copy it. I don't know why they can't be bothered to adapt the app to the iOS environment. 4. Without tags or lists, it's impossible to do more than randomly chat. 5. Their promised adaptation of the ActivityPub protocol seems to be low on their list of priorities. This is the most important thing for me. 6. Still no iPad version. Given the Instagram background, maybe that will never happen because those developers still haven't figured out that a lot of us prefer the iPad for photos, especially if our vision is imperfect. 7. Privacy nightmare, so no EU users..Version: 306.0
✓ App Crashes when postingI managed to make a few posts, comments, and shares before it started to crash. I can view feeds and profiles and I can like posts but when I go to comment or create a post it crashes- app closes out. I have logged out and logged back in ( which worked once) and I have deleted and reinstalled the app several times. There isn't anything wrong with my internet connection, I have plenty of space, no additional apps running in the background and both my iPhone and the app itself are at their current updated version. I have tagged them in issues on Instagram stories, I have messaged directly and then managed to send a ticket through the app all with no response. I understand if this was a user-wide issue due to the app being new but it is not. I would have better to say because I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the beginning but can no longer enjoy because I can no longer engage. A fix is needed..Version: 289
✓ TrashNo one uses threads and now it has taken over the story share button. It’s annoying. Stop.Version: 311.0
✓ Poorly made appIf i could give it 0 stars I would. There are so many issues with this app. First of all, I couldn’t be logged into instagram and threads at the same time without getting automatically logged out of the other. The app in itself is poorly made, they made it so simple that it ended up not being user friendly. Forcing you to connect it to an instagram, keeping the same username,(some people enjoy privacy!), and impersonal timelines that are filled with unfunny verified accounts that are impossible to get rid of no matter how many you mute. You can’t even follow enough accounts you like to keep the stuff you don’t like off your timeline. Tried deactivating my threads account, not only will it not fully deactivate but you can’t remove the badge on your instagram no matter what you do, even though it tells you that you can. It just pops back up every time you restart the app or change tabs. I feel like i’m being forced to participate in something I no longer want to be a part of. This is such a terrible app I can barely put it into words. And to think that verified accounts had it before me and it still has all these issues is shocking. Very disappointing. Basically, if you like twitter, avoid this app. If you don’t like twitter, avoid this app. Even my LovenseRemote app is made better than threads..Version: 289
✓ Terrible app for weird cuntsI just seen a video of a chick breast feeding her kid and staring into the camera and posing a bit. Then at the end of the video an 18+ and 🫦sign came up promoting a link in bio thing. Terrible app for people with problems..Version: 312.0
✓ Video scrubbing and iPad compatibility is poorVideo scrubbing is absolutely painful, if I want to rewind a video I basically have to wait for it to loop back around. It appears this app does not support iPad at the moment but I assume this is in the works. The community however seems very different, far less toxic than twitter and so far seems to not be flooded with fake accounts, bots etc selling everything and anything..Version: 292.0
✓ I don’t want to be fed random content… where are my followed users?Seems like a marketing scam right now – not seen many of my followed users’ content, just miles and miles of content from the good, the bad, and the ugly of the internet. Why make such a big deal of importing my Instagram contacts if they become irrelevant. Musk has nothing to worry about right now. Meta have got this all wrong. I just want a feed of those I’m following – not this endless flow of spam..Version: 289
✓ So far so good - needs improvementsIt feels like twitter, the UI is clean and sleek, the vibes and usage of threads is like twitter. It’s like a more basic twitter is how I’d describe it, no hashtag system (yet) , no media tab, no following tab, no way to see your previous likes etc. Discoverability & feed seems based on your following list and who/what you interact with. If they added the improvements like: - media tab - a hashtag system - following tab - a way to see your previous likes - a usable website version Then I think it would easily become a major contender for twitter, as twitters main draw right now is a web version and a following tab which are the reasons a lot of users I know are not making the switch. Threads needs to give the same or more than twitter, for a lot of users who are fed up of Elon Musk, it has enough of a draw. But for others, not so much, so Meta needs to make it more enticing..Version: 289
✓ A self-promotion engine for shallow trashDoesn’t matter who you follow, you’ll be shown an endless roll of drivel. The combined thoughts, if you can call them that, of the most vacuous people on earth: instagram influencers. We don’t get a feed combining posts from the people you actually follow. Not even slightly. You get… whatever their algorithm is selling. As bad as Twitter’s algorithm became, it never stopped you from obtaining a feed of those you follow. With Threads, there’s no choice at all. It’s a savage reminder that you’re the product, not the customer. Threads is not worth anybody’s time. Deleted..Version: 289
✓ Cheap knockoff of TwitterCheap knockoff of Twitter, where they openly only advertise liberal leaning “threads” in the Instagram app..Version: 312.0
✓ Not really viable long termIf the best thing that can be said for Threads is it’s a “safe space” away from Twitter/X “toxicity”, one really needs to look inward rather than to an app to make one feel better or safer. After that there is the issue that Instagram and Threads cannot be logged in simultaneously, the early stage of development, it feels rushed out and not complete, just basic and simple. And more. Check other critical reviews, all valide points. Will it improve before daily user count falls off a cliff? 50/50. My bet is Meta will eventually throw in the towel as you never get a second chance at first impressions. The daily user count is rapidly trending downward in close proximity to introduction when it should be climbing upwards toward critical mass. Not a death knell, but a leading indicator of judgement by users. Meta should be increasing daily user count at this point, moving the needle in a positive direction. If there isn’t a community of sufficient size to not just maintain but grow daily users there will not be momentum to sustain it. You can either “Grow or Die”. There is no in-between, balancing on the head of pin. It’s going to take an enormous effort/change and differentiation to set Threads apart from alternatives just to turn the negative momentum around. Crystal balling today, Threads looks set to join the Metaverse in Metas portfolio..Version: 294.0
✓ Controlled contentControlled content. No free speech.Version: 309.0
✓ Joined on Day 1I joined on Day 1 and was happy to finally have somewhere to go away from the cesspit that has become of X (Twitter) under Musk. Threads is good but it’s lacking basic stuff like hashtags and the ability to search for things using keywords (opposed to just searching for accounts). Hopefully by the end of the year, it’ll be thriving with all the basic stuff needed to build a community for those of us who felt it wasn’t possible to stay around on our beloved former Twitter..Version: 296.0
✓ Good but room for improvementGood app so far but could use some handy features like tagging locations as you can on Instagram when I upload a pic it won’t let me tag the location or place it was took, hashtags to link to pages would be good and if you could link a Snapchat type option where you can take pics like Snapchat where they disappear after so long if you want too would be perfect options for this app to keep everything in one location like stories and reels added on to threads.Version: 289
✓ Stopped working properly in past month or soWorked well originally. Now I can’t read a single thread as the app won’t open the feed. Updated last week and still not able to view any threads. Not even my own. Even clicking a thread from Facebook or Instagram won’t even show the thread, only a black loading screen..Version: 309.0
✓ Can’t delete accountSo you have to delete your IG account in order to delete this one. Such a dirty move META, specially for those who downloaded it just out of curiosity like myself and realized this is just another twitter. I will delete the app instead then.Version: 289
✓ Underwhelming, spammy, and tediousAfter reluctantly downloading the app and “opening” my account (via transferring my details from IG), I’ve regretted it and of course there is no way to delete my account without deleting my IG account. Only deactivation. Dodgy! What a scam. In addition, I can’t get ride of the influx of rubbish on my feed from so many people I don’t not follow. At least on IG I can stop suggested posts every 30 days. My feed is loaded with trivial, time wasting content. I deleted Twitter years ago, and would rather go back there right now than use Threads. Also, my notifications don’t load. I get a constant error despite having the most up to date app version. Over it is an understatement..Version: 292.0
✓ Needs moreThreads is a good idea, and a perfect competitor for Twitter (or X) but poorly executed. Lack of a chronological algorithm that defaults to new, and the insistence of acting like a For You page by default is what's dooming this app..Version: 302.0
✓ Sorry, something went wrong“Sorry, something went wrong. Try again.” Error message appears in my Activity and when I try to view comments in others posts. My “Content is not available” - it has disappeared, where is all my content? Reporting an issue which doesn’t get resolved. Please address this..Version: 293.0
✓ Too much automated censorshipThreads has already twice temp banned me for totally innocuous comments. I am an upstanding social media citizen and I don’t appreciate being told I’m suspected of posting spam and then getting locked out. I’m done with this app. This is not the townhall we are looking for, they are controlling speech to an absolutely radical degree. I gave it a fair shot and it’s a big nope from me. We need a more open non-meta-owned solution to the problem. Scams run rampant, reports are ignored, and meanwhile the system bans good people for speaking up against bad systems/fraudlent advertisers. Total garbage. The IG widget Threads is also obsessed with pushing outrage. I’m trans and it forces so much transphobia into an otherwise positive IG feed with no way to dismiss. Disgusting..Version: 313.0
✓ Threads in betaThis app should still be considered beta. Although it is better than X, it is still very young. The main feed is full of posts by people you don’t follow which makes it hard to see content by the people you actually do follow. The community is a lot friendly without the rubbish and porn X has become know for..Version: 311.0
✓ Not bad so farLooks very bare. Clearly hasn’t been fully developed yet but off to a good start. I know the chances of the developers seeing this is incredibly slim but it would be great if they could separate the posts into 3 different sections; suggested, following, and friends. Suggested being the posts brought to you via cookies. Following being the accounts who you follow but don’t have you followed back (eg. Celebrities, meme pages, or new accounts). And friends being your friends or those who follow you back, possibly even mutual friends also (given they’re accounts are public)..Version: 289
✓ Privacy controls don’t work.Why can’t I stop you sending me pointless follow suggestions. I left Twitter to get rid of this stupidity. I have everything on Threads and Instagram switched off but still get these suggestions. If you are going to treat us as fools then you will go the same way as Twitter..Version: 314.0
✓ Threads is ruining Instagram. use Pinterest insteadI am genuinely considering finding other platforms than Instagram to use… because Meta forces posts from Threads to be suggested on my Instagram timeline and it’s ALWAYS some awful, offensive, or negative garbage that i would never want to willingly read! i cannot understand forcing negative content onto their main platform as a way to convince people to use Threads… i signed up for Threads when it came out and didn’t use it much but after seeing over 20+ awful negative takes on my personal Instagram account? i will 100% NEVER use Threads. and i might stop using Instagram too. because i shouldn’t have to make an effort to not read the suggested posts just to avoid seeing the cynical garbage that people share on that platform. maybe drama and pointless negativity entertain other people? huge turn off for me. and there’s literally no way to turn it off on my Instagram but hey! the awful suggested Threads posts are what made me sign up for Pinterest. and now i love Pinterest more than Instagram :) so that’s a good thing at least.Version: 312.0
✓ So much work needed but could be goodComing from the bird app, Threads is a bit crude but gets some things right and I hope they will keep working on it and make it exceptional. It is NOT discussion friendly. I truly don’t understand why discussions and actual threads aren’t given more prominence. It runs more like a crude Facebook. It is also in desperate need of user ability to fine tune what we see and how we follow. Give us lists or groupings for a start. Allow us to select feeds based on follows or on discovery. Hopefully this will come as the app evolves. Be warned, your data safety does not exist. Everything you do, say or follow will be noted! That’s just the nature of the beast. Good luck!.Version: 309.0
✓ Purposefully restricting with no causeI have two accounts connected to threads, one where I have political discussions and one where I just post photography. Threads has, in a matter of days, restricted my political account from being able to post literally anything. They are obviously censoring those who have a political opinion they disagree with. It was one thing to just shadow ban my original posts, and at least I could reply to other threads… but now I cannot post at all? This is wrong and you know it. I never posted any hateful content or lies, only truth and educated opinions supported by links and videos to show proof. It’s so bad that it won’t even let me submit a report to report the problem! This is not “protecting” your community, it’s censoring it. And I know it’s censorship, not just a glitch, because my photography account is completely normal. No shadow ban, no censorship, and able to post like normal. This is wrong and you know it. I will be talking to lawyers about this. I have screenshots and screen recordings of everything..Version: 306.0
✓ Privacy Policy is not transparentThreads accesses more information than Twitter & is far more insidious in tracking the users data from financial data, health & “other data” including transaction history & credit scoring information. All irrelevant for an app that is predominately focused on connecting users differently. Deleting my account and will never use something connected to Meta after they have shown how they manage user data on their other platforms. It’s 2023 guys. Be more ethical..Version: 311.0
✓ Wanted it to beat twitter.. falls shortI really wanted this app to beat twitter, so much so that I would be able to delete and let twitter go easily. Unfortunately, I can’t. Threads lacks the search engine that twitter has. I can look up anything and twitter will find the latest or most important tweets about it, media about it, people with related names… it’s great. Twitter even gets to know me, showing me the latest news, sport scores, or musical posts by artists and athletes or others that I may be interested in, and that’s just when I hit the search icon. Most importantly, the people I follow on Twitter ( for the most part… Maybe around 80%) show up in my feed. I have no idea what’s going on with Threads. I barely know 80% of the people that show up in my threads and wish I didn’t have to see their posts. I can’t search for ANYTHING on threads but other users… I’m surprised that this isn’t an option on Threads as it’s something I have long been able to do on Facebook. Hopefully they’ll fix this soon. Until then, I’m on Twitter…. Or X….Version: 305.0
✓ Don’t Download its A TRAPWorst app ever! Gives you fake notifications so u check it and once u get it u cant delete it or else u need to delete instagram BEWAARE.Version: 292.1
✓ No iPad app… in 2023.Like the Instagram app, still no support for iPad. Unacceptable..Version: 289
✓ Says I must I send them a selfie or they delete my accountI was mistakenly marked as a bot after a few days of light use. To appeal this they demanded my phone number, email address (which they immediately started using in the Facebook app), and then finally a selfie, which is going too far..Version: 306.0
✓ It’s okIt is a lot of fun, it’s like twitter and insta had a baby and created twitgram. The only issue I have is the posts in the app today and there being no restrictions, there has been spam after spam of posts about “follow for a follow” for the last few weeks, everyone’s feeling it because our feeds are just bombarded with people spamming “follow for a follow” When the app first launched, people were posting the most funny stuff and out of pocket memes, what happened?.Version: 320.0
✓ Overall decent, but… why so much data tracking?Briefly speaking, this app is decent overall, just needs some more updates like editing and better thread navigation stuff to be a more viable competitor to Twitter/be “Meta/Facebook/Instagram” Twitter. Now for the data tracking rant. To be fair, everything ends up collecting our data in some way or form and share it with everything else on the internet at some point. Though this is Meta which is one of the few social media apps that are notoriously bad for tracking data, they do not even bother trying to hide it for this app. At least with Facebook and Instagram you at least have the option to opt out (more likely give you the comfort feeling, not necessarily completely opting out) of tracking both as a pop up and in the settings (for ads mainly). This app? It tracks basically everything, and doesn’t even prompt you at all..Version: 291
✓ Waste of a appThis app sucks It’s all wanna be girls wanting attention Oh strippers wanna to add them Garbage sight.Version: 313.0
✓ ThreadsIt’s no twitter but it’s alright. Pls add the option to allow to follow everyone from insta regardless if you click it that first time because I made that mistake.Version: 289
✓ It’s alrightIt’s alright except one issue I have is that when opening videos, which are muted by default, it is very fidgety to tap the little unmute button, resulting in the first couple seconds of the video being missed. Would be super helpful if there was a slider bar or something to skip back/forward to certain parts of video.Version: 289
✓ The app was great until it completely stopped workingI got threads the day it was released and for about one and a half weeks it was running great and was a lot of fun, certainly a lot more than Twitter. Then all of a sudden the app completely broke. I still have a feed where I can see what others post, but I cannot see any replies, send any replies of my own, see any sort of account activity I might have, and not see any of my posts I shared when the app was still working. The only thing I still get is notifications that I have a new follower. Great! But when I log in to see my activity there’s literally nothing there. I have tried absolutely everything from logging out, deleting the app and also sending problem reports multiple times all of which were left unanswered. This app was so great to use until it became completely unusable. Now the app is just gathering dust on my phone and will probably be deleted soon. I wouldn’t bother getting it unless this issue is resolved. They really fumbled the ball on this one….Version: 301.0
✓ Too much accessThe app literally said I will use every information in your phone even health info..Version: 289
✓ IssueEvery thing is working good but when I open for notifications it doesn’t show anything but in my notifications bar it clearly shows that I have an notification and also my profile doesn’t show I’m not gonna use this app for liking other people’s posts I want you to fix it as soon as possible because I couldn’t delete my account..Version: 293.0
✓ Fast, well-designed, tediousThe app loads quickly and easily. It’s limited but that’s to be expected in this first release no doubt timed to capitalise on Musk’s antics. You need an Instagram account; this should be no surprise to anyone who’s used Meta before. However, it is wall to wall influencers and brands in there. If you want to have a timeline that’s entirely blue check folks you’ve never heard off making utterly bland jokes and getting a zillion likes, this is the place for you. There is only one timeline and it’s algorithmic and it’s awful..Version: 289
✓ Just like Instagram👎🏻Instagram use to be great ……… now like threads is full of garbage I don’t follow Seriously Mark this disappointed me so much. I’m tired of all the “suggestions and sponsored “ crap in my time line, it’s just like Instagram. All I want to see are the time lines of those I follow. NO suggestions and maybe one advertisement OCCASIONALLY ! Threads is full of crap just like Instagram that I didn’t sign up for ……….. as bad as Twitter is, it’s better than Threads.Version: 293.0
✓ Can see it far enough.Kind of bizarre that there is no direct connection to an ig account. Images posted here are not posted there. Same with Stories. Can’t save shared images to phone like Twitter or a saved folder like ig. Videos play muted. There is no fees purely for who you follow. It’s like a permanent For You feed which imo was the worst part of Twitter. App crashes constantly trying to follow people from my ig list in the off chance they sign up for this. I had high hopes but looks like it’s still up to BSky or Open Source platforms to take the lead here..Version: 289
✓ Promising.Threads looks promising. But most of the informational / journalistic people I follow on Twitter aren’t here (yet?) and there doesn’t appear to be a Translate function. Many of the pile I follow post in a language other than English and I rely on the built in translate feature in Twitter and Telegram to be able to understand their content..Version: 289
✓ GarbageThis is just cheap version on twitter that nobody asked for other than zuck’s masters!.Version: 293.0
✓ Hope more is comingI enjoyed the onboarding experience of bringing in my Instagram followers. But then I was faced with an identity crisis. I’m a suburban mom on Instagram and an industry leader on Twitter. I don’t mix the two and it felt awkward. I trimmed some followers and found several Twitter friends. I am irritated by the forced content from people I’m not following because it feels like I’m standing in the tabloid section of a grocery store. Facebook started doing this a few months ago and it drives me crazy. It is a constant stream of ads for brands and influencers I have no loyalty to. I understand that it makes the app more addictive and makes you feel like you have to constantly check it to stay up on the latest trends, but I quite Twitter because of this. I’m tired of hitting Mute and Block on Threads just to enjoy my feed of the latest trends in my industry. Let me curate my content and be intentional about what I consume. I really don’t want to know what Hollywood celebrities are doing. If this “feature” continues, this will be the reason I don’t use Threads..Version: 289
✓ ImpossibleSo the more apps that are constantly being added just to message is just getting a little far out. at this point most would not want to keep adding more apps for the features that should just simply be added to the ig. personally i cant even watch a fb post cause people post it from ig, and the video wont play unless u go to another app. i just dont open it cause thats just more work for what already needed to worn on fb. the cideo wont play unless u go to ig. but fb amd ig own each other, so why cant the video just play anyway. more apps is just making ur phone grow weary. the same as X. nothing new. im not sure exactly at all what they are implimenti g by copying another app. snapchat is just as bad. when the features are just like imessage. u send pictures and texts just like snap. im confused as to why someone ises another platforom to message others. ive used more than those features and u just cant really have a need about snap, or threads. these are alike in the area of remade, boring, copycat work..Version: 312.0
✓ Account does not meet requirements.So I can’t use this app because it tells me my account doesn’t meet the requirements. There’s no way to see what those requirements are. So as of writing - 7:00am Thursday 6th July 2023 New Zealand Time - this app is completely useless. Off to a good start..Version: 289
✓ Already censoredJust out of the gate and already censoring basic stuff like what’s going on in France as just one example.Version: 289
✓ Idk how to get it out of my bioThe badge number in my bio looks horrible. everytime i try to remove it by pressing remove it just comes right back when i refresh. fix this pls. i also think it’s silly that you have to delete ur whole instagram account in order to delete ur threads account..Version: 289
✓ NO WAY TO FOLLOW INSTA FOLLOWING AFTER INITAL SCREENI went through the first screen without following anybody as i wanted to review the app and my profile first. I was disappointed to find out that after that point, there is no way of going back and “following all”. There is a section in the settings which says “follow and invite friends” however the only option is around inviting your friends, no options for following. Usually on instagram you can follow people etc you may know or follow on facebook. I now don’t want to use the app as I can’t find any of my followers or people I know. So stupid and a massive oversight..Version: 289
✓ The bugSo yea, the app was amazing cuz its exactly the same like Twitter and its obviously benefit us cuz we don’t have to create another account for this apps cuz we can just use Instagram, just the serious major problems that everyone may faced the same things as me, the apps seriously take up too much space, like compare to Twitter the, the megabytes is too small and the programmed works really well-the lossless compression really work for twitter, and another things that i would want to pointed out is that since the storage is limit for certain peoples and deleting the apps seriously devastating them cuz their account is getting deleted at the same time, its really devastating and upsetting me, i wish that by deleting the apps don’t cause their instagram account getting deleted, but overall im really enjoying the thread apps.Version: 289
✓ Fgs meta, iPads exist!!Absolutely hate that yet again for a Meta app, there’s no iPad support. What is it with you? WhatsApp, instagram, and now threads are all iPhone only because meta is so poor they’re unable to optimise their apps for iPad, despite virtually every other mom and pop developer managing it from version 1. What’s worse is that with threads there’s not even any form of web version, so it’s literally the iPhone app or nothing - and even the iPhone app doesn’t seem to work on iPads as while it will install and run, it won’t allow me to login (no problems at all on the phone). I just cannot fathom how a company as large as meta, with all their resources and their experience from Facebook on iPad, are somehow unable to support both forms of iOS device in any of their other apps. In case they haven’t noticed, Twitter has a fully featured iPad app. Mastodon, with a *fraction* of Meta’s resources, has a fully featured iPad app. There is no excuse!!.Version: 289
✓ Needs more featuresThings that need to be added asap: - separate “following” page & “for you” page - hashtags, people need to find similar stuff - search bar that also finds people’s posts, not just accounts - trending page - gifs.Version: 289
✓ Clunky and lameI recently tried out this app, and let me tell you, it was a total letdown. Right from the start, the user interface was a mess. I mean, seriously, what were they thinking? It was confusing and just plain ugly. It felt like they randomly threw everything together without any thought for user experience. I was left scratching my head, trying to figure out where everything was. But that's not all. The app had serious performance issues. It was as slow as a snail on a Sunday stroll. Every tap felt like an eternity, and don't even get me started on the freezing! I'd be in the middle of doing something, and bam! The app would freeze, leaving me frustrated and annoyed. And here's the real kicker: Threads had this crazy, over-the-top censorship going on. They didn't want anyone to say anything remotely controversial or express any dissenting opinions. Come on! We should be able to have open conversations without being muzzled. It felt like they were trying to control what we could and couldn't say, and that's just plain wrong. Honestly, I wouldn't recommend Threads to anyone. The terrible user interface, performance issues, and heavy-handed censorship make it a complete waste of time. If you're looking for an app that values free speech and actually works well, keep on searching, my friend. Threads is definitely not the one for you..Version: 289
✓ There’s potentialNo point in getting this app if you want to use it to keep in touch with mutuals. You will not see who you follow on your feed, even if you change the settings to see so you follow first. You only get to see for posts at most by who you follow, after that, you just get recommended accounts who are verified and only post twitter screenshots. I hate twitter so only seeing twitters negativity is really disappointing. Even if you’re content just seeing certain mutuals, if you accidentally refresh the app, you’ll never find whatever posts you were looking at, posted by your following, ever again. Your best bet to see all of who you follow Is to individually check all of their profiles daily. Who has time for that though? Might as well just take following people on the app off. Really disappointing for small creators. Not even upset for myself, just want to support my friends. Genuinely impossible. Another thing, pictures upload in bad quality just line Instagram. 5 second videos take 5 minutes to upload. You have to click on the video and full screen it if you want to listen to it, with Instagram, don’t even have to click the video. You just turn up your volume and that’s why I love instagrams. Praying they fix that following feed issue or it’ll be the apps biggest downfall tbh..Version: 289
✓ Unable to make posts or commentsSo, I downloaded it yesterday, and when I tried to make a post the app just bitter me straight out and onto my phone home page, it does the same when I try to comment I've uninstalled the app a few times and downloaded it, but it does nothing at all.Version: 289
✓ Terrible app. Can’t delete profile and is forever linked with IGIf you haven’t signed up for this app, don’t. You can’t delete your account without deleting your IG account. Even on IG accounts you didn’t create a Threads account for, you will have a forced integration with the app and it will shove political crap down your throat. Those are the only threads being promoted and I don’t interact with content like that on my IG. My IG is for friends, family, art, and puppies—I have no desire to add political rage bait to that blend. Now I seem to have no choice and no way to mute this, which makes me want to abandon Instagram entirely. I never liked Twitter, which is why I lasted only a few days on Twitter before abandoning my account years ago. That app just seemed like a cesspool of toxicity and I had no desire to be a part of it. I didn’t realize threads was a cheap Twitter knock off. I checked out the app out of curiosity and I regretted it immediately. If this continues, I may abandon Instagram entirely. It’s what I did with Facebook a few years ago and I have not regretted that choice one bit..Version: 306.0
✓ So not necessaryWe have X/ twitter. We don’t need a pointless clone..Version: 298.0
✓ Cluttered and confusingTwitter felt clear and simple. Threads has too much going on..Version: 312.0
✓ Content is slow to load (sometimes 10-15 seconds) and the feed is uninterestingThe poor performance of the service was the worst part of it overall. Takes way too long for anything to load including just text which is crazy to me given Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and really any other service is generally quick even with content that is media rich. The other problem is the feed is boring. I see plenty of things that are utterly uninteresting to me despite the likely importing of my interests and data from instagram. I would have expected that that would having me seeing things that were at least semi relevant to me but that is not the case. The thing I like about twitter is the ability to curate what I want to see but the approach here seems to be that the user is not in control of what they see or don’t see. All that said if this all was improved I could see myself liking Threads but for now it’s not that great.Version: 289
✓ Looks cool; crashes when trying to post I iphone8Looks promising, but I can't give it more than 2 stars when the app doesn't work properly yet though.Version: 289
✓ Need Dark mode user experienceI keep my phone in dark mode which makes Threads unusable. Please work on a dark mode user experience.Version: 292.0
✓ Internet IssuesEver since I installed this on my phone, my laptop’s internet connection has been dropping out whenever I plug my phone in to charge and am wondering if anyone else has had the same problem or something similar going on with their device.Version: 289
✓ Who are all these randoms in my feed??Apparently there is a way to restructure your feed so that it’s limited to the accounts you follow - please roll that out to everyone ASAP! I don’t see anyone I follow. Also needs to have a way to select “new threads” in the notifications section. I want to see new threads of the people I follow, not their replies to other threads I wasn’t involved in..Version: 293.0
✓ Cheaply made TwitterWhat’s the purpose of this app? Feels like this was made out of a hackathon..Version: 291
✓ Copy of XWhy Mark zakerburg copy all social media platform just only to use facebook & its app. Every app has unique & holds its value. Facebook copy youtube , copy tik tok , copy snapchat , copy messenger app and so on. Mark Zakerburg just steal the user data and use them..Version: 300.0
✓ Can’t view app unless you link to InstagramI’ve pretty much given up on Instagram due to all the bots . I hate Twitter as it’s a cesspool and nasty. Thought I’d try this only for the *only* way to have an account is to sign in with Instagram - no. Some of us don’t want all our accounts connected. After all, I wanted my fb and Instagram linked to cross promote but it wouldn’t let me as it says I’m not the owner - yet I’m the sole admin. So sadly I didn’t even get to try this one before deleting it.Version: 289
✓ Hopefully these things will be fixedI am trying Threads having found Twitter increasingly aggressive and toxic. I have two Twitter accounts, one work related, 9ne personal. On Twitter I can switch easily between one and the other. Not so on Threads. I have to sign out and sign back in again. Clunky. I’m missing hashtags. One of the things that drew me into Twitter years ago was those silly hashtags game which provided several minutes of harmless amusement at the end f the working day. I’m still finding my way around, and I hope that Threads will become more flexible, more like the old Twitter, pre Musk, and be a viable alternative..Version: 300.0
✓ Pretty good so farLike many people have said, I’ve been wanting something to replace twitter for a while and so far this is doing a good job at being that platform. I don’t like, however, that my feed is flooded with meme accounts already, and I don’t see what my friends are posting. I’m sure my friends are not posting much, with it being such a new app, but the millions of memes in my homepage ensures I will never see them. It would be nice to have the home feed dedicated to just who you’re following, even if there’s nothing new for a while, and have the search page be for meme accounts and such. Or maybe a “posts you may like” page or something. If I wanted to see a bunch of garbage on my feed I would go to Facebook. I guess I’m just hoping for something more personal and focused on people I actually know..Version: 291
✓ Good app, terrible usersFound all the content to be political and on top of that one sided. That’s not why I’m on the internet I want to see funny videos not read multiple unintelligent people arguing with each other. This app is just for people who “canceled” twitter or x. SMH. Make the internet great again.Version: 311.0
✓ Little to no actual pointUpdate: The only reason I returned to write a review is because Insta put a useless @ on my profile. -- Its like Twitter... only its called Threads. The problem is that I dont see what void its trying to fill, or what problem its trying to solve, other than being another Twitter "killer" that is going to solve all the perceived non existent problems of Twitter (Remember when everyone was all excited over the Facebook Killers known as either Google Plus or Diaspora?). I also don't really see how it heightens or enhances instagram, either. Instagram is for all intents well laid out despite the fact that you cant have a chronological feed that shows you everyone you follow (which it would be nice to scroll through my followers, and not my top interactions + whatever else instagram's algorithm tosses up). Btw, thanks for not allowing me to delete Threads unless I delete my Insta, there is simply no reason for that much tie-in. Regardless now I have a silly @ like symbol on my profile that redirects to a defunct threads link, so good job for useless features. Lastly, in regards to people complaining about toxicity on Twitter as a reason for this app to exist, I would suggest that Twitter is neither toxic or pure, but that most have no clue how go actually use it, as all algorithms are a result of what you, the user, put into it..Version: 319.0
✓ A great start, but...There are many things I love about this app 1. It's not a huge hive of right-wing idiots talking about how great their ideas are. This is unfortunately what Twitter has devolved into and why I left it. 2. The layout is very user friendly and feels smooth and intuitive. 3. Most interactions on the app result in learning something and not feeling like a complete IQ drain, which you can't say about Twitter. It feels like there is meaningful interactions, which gives the app itself purpose. However, there are several issues that need to be worked on for this app to be truly great, and here is what they could be in my opinion: 1. Set up a better search function so that it is easier to find topics and ongoing things that you are interested. 2. Make it easier to find people and topics that you are interested in by building on the integrated search functionality. 3. Although the "For you" section of the app is good, I think there needs to be a rework in what people can choose what they would like to see instead of just basing the content based off of what you like and follow already. So to sum it up, it is good and not great so far and has a long way to go to be truly awesome..Version: 296.0
✓ WasteTwitter exists. you can dm people. you can comment on an IG post. app plagued by influencer, celeb, nsfw, corporation GARBAGE. my own stupidity to download if without looking at the info it uses. and let me guess, add the search history with your instagram DMs and maybe even listening into the worst moments of your life or grabbing some of your family's stuff (ooh are we foreshadowing the family drama and cheating! so commendable zuck!) - all that to give you the stupidest reel ever. i truly wish literal immortality on some people..Version: 289
✓ Extremely intrusive appThis sells all your data while asking for you to pay money.Version: 289
✓ Need more featuresApart from the following tab, this app needs a feature to search posts, Trending and Interests section. Without these features, the app seems useless, with users with less followers feeling left out..Version: 293.0
✓ It needs a loooooot of workI'm rooting for a Twitter replacement but threads it not it so far. The extreme connection to Instagram is really annoying. I want them to be separate, I don't want every change I make to have to reflect on both apps. I want separate usernames and pfps and I want it to not open Instagram every single time I want to change the smallest setting. It also desperately needs a "people you follow" timeline. It took only a few days for my ENTIRE feed to be absolutely zero people I follow and exclusively celebrities, brands, and influencers so until they implement a timeline change, the app is completely pointless and not really usable unless I want to spend several hours being nonstop advertised to. This could possibly work and take a lot of traffic away from Twitter as it descends into a bigoted trash heap but it needs an insane amount of work. Less hardcore connection to Instagram and better feeds. Otherwise it's just going to flounder for a while and eventually die as we all move back to Twitter or tumblr..Version: 289
✓ Worst app on the market.This place is where all the worst ideas are left to fester. Where the dredge of the cesspool comes to rear it’s ugly head. Full of pedos, groomers, s** offenders, and sympathizers of the scum. I regret ever downloading it, and someone should look into some of these people. How is this even allowed? Remember, this is coming from a guy who grew up in the “faces of dea**” era. You people are sick..Version: 312.0
✓ This app sells your infoThis is literally a knock off twitter that sells your information, why the hell would anyone get this. STAY SAFE AND STAY BLESSED.Version: 320.1
✓ BadBad.Version: 298.0
✓ Stop forcing us to download threadsWe’re not interested in this app. If we were, we would have downloaded it by now. Please stop forcing us from Instagram to download threads. I’m on the verge of cancelling Insta as well..Version: 311.0
✓ I Love threads for the politicsIt’s fine. I get my politics news here and have built deep trust with a few dedicated writers (Seth notably and especially)..Version: 317.0
✓ Can’t be botheredYou can’t even sign up without an Instagram account. You can’t delete your Threads account without deleting your Instagram account. You can’t even see what Threads is about or view it (or use it) on a computer or see content in the app without signing up. It’s just another avenue for billionaire Zuckerberg to make money from the drivel that people post. Not even bothering to sign up..Version: 289
✓ Loading foreverMy Instagram took forever to load ever since I downloaded this app.Version: 289
✓ It is what it is but it could be so much moreLike I said, it is what it is. It’s what you’d expect it to be and that’s fine. It could be better though. One kinda crappy feature is that you can’t search for things you can only search for people. The search bar should act more like TikTok’s or Instagram’s where you can search for people but also things and hashtags. The app bores me because it doesn’t show me what I like to see. If I could search something and like some posts relating to it then I’d find accounts to follow and things to interact with or if I could search hashtags and follow them to see stuff from those like on Instagram and TikTok that would be great. The app needs more personalisation and a better search bar. Then it would be a good app (better than Twitter)..Version: 289
✓ Creating this app is a mistake.People posting very controversial topics there now, and they push this to ig users without threads app. This is damaging users’ mental health. Shut threads down!.Version: 313.0
✓ No sureIs this just another place to get bombarded by advertising for things I don’t want - watch people making stupid reels and a place for the hackers to take control. Bring back the old days where makers could connect with other makers and enjoy the photos of their produce..Version: 312.0
✓ Needs a few more features to be usable but has promise.Really like the clean design, lack of apps, and ease of finding new people to follow. What would make it the perfect app is: a following only feed, similar to what it on Instagram, or even the option to mute suggested posts such as on Instagram; a “likes” column on my profile and the ability to make this visible or hide it, currently I can’t see anywhere to view posts you’ve liked; being over Instagram DMs to threads and integrate them; allow search for terms not just profiles; a trending topics page would be useful; ability to click into a profile picture to enlarge it; something similar to “close friends” for sharing; more visual customisation of the profile page like a header image or colour choice- it’s a bit plain atm. There’s probably a few more things but I’m liking the direction so far!.Version: 289
✓ Brain rot!If you have thousands of followers, or famous, a celebrity, an influencer or a corporation you’ll be having a party; if you’re an ordinary person with only a few followers you’ll get no where. There is no mechanism to find like minded people. The main feed is saturated with the rich, famous and celebs, posting absolute garbage, so discussion is impossible. Anything you try and post will be drowned out by blue tick accounts. It’s not a level playing field, it’s unequal, it’s simply brain rot. After two days of posting into an echo chamber of oblivion and being ignored by celebs who dominate the feed with their conversation and never reply, it feels like you’ve stumbled into a Hollywood party and about as welcome as a dose of the clap! Gave up after 2 days..Version: 289
✓ Copy and pasteSame thing as every other of its app, Facebook stole some idea from Twitter some from Reddit. Facebook first stole our phone number and shared it in its platform then our data when they firstBrought WhatsApp it 2014. Stole Snapchat story added to Instagram then tiktoks video styles and names it as "reels" i mean come on give us a break spend millions/ billions to be a copycat and u don't have brain of ur own rather than stealing from others?? This app is not recommended for anyone!! if u are just ordinary people you’re like NPC‘s in games and I will not get anywhere. Also read their "terms and condition" you cannot delete "your account unless you completely delete your Instagram account" "you can only temporarily deactivate threads"another MONOPOLY board to buy Facebook good luck.Version: 289
✓ Out of the boiling water and into the frying panCorporate social media has shown us time and again that it’s willing to increase the divisions in our society, make the most vulnerable addicted, and hijack control of our attention for their selfish gain. If this app isn’t already addicting and manipulating enough for you, give it a year or two of updates. Do yourself and our society a favour and use one of the budding not-for-profit social networks. My recommendation would be Mastodon. Can we please stop putting money into Meta’s pockets and support platforms which actually want to make the world a better place?.Version: 320.0
✓ Cute Concept, No PrayerA Twitter clone by Facebook that's like Instagram but with text. What's the point? Oh and it collects even more data than spying helecopter parents do. Nah. Instantly deleted..Version: 301.0
✓ No Likes tab, no search feature, no bookmarks, no hashtagsThe threads app is the app everyone wants to love but they don’t give us any features that we need in order to love it. If you like a post, you have no history of your likes, so you can’t go back to it later. This is a privacy concern because you cannot track the posts that you liked. You can’t go deep in your settings somewhere and find this because it doesn’t exist. Facebook has always hidden features like likes in inscrutable settings that the average user cannot find. This is not a transparent solution. We need a separate likes tab and we need bookmarks for privately marking things. Also missing from the app are hashtags, anf any search whatsoever except for searching for names of accounts. There is no chronological timeline even though I thought that was promised in this version of the app, but it is not there in the update so far. Overall a disappointment of an app, unless you want to follow random influencers, sports accounts and famous people..Version: 293.0
✓ Cannot registerYou have to have an ins account to login this app, and you are not allowed to create a new account, that is stupid.Version: 289
✓ Not leaving the guard rails upThreads needs to work harder at not allowing this app to turn into another extension of X. The community evolved because the negative wasn’t found here but recently trolls,influencers,thirst traps,porn and right wing propagandists have swarmed here and been give a platform. Hitting the block button has become as regular as it was on X before thousands left that app for this safe and friendly space..Version: 309.0
✓ Horrible - wastelandTry’s so hard to be an alternative to X and yet it is horrible. Hardly anyone uses it and big account tend to get little to no engagement. Deleted it 5 minutes after installing..Version: 313.0
✓ A complete waste of timeSo far, it has been a waste of time. I can’t work out how to make multiple accounts. I have 4 instagram accounts and I’ve only been able to make 1 thread account. No hashtags, no current treads and feels like an echo chamber. I’m hoping these bugs will be ironed out or they’ll go the way Parler and other did. Unimpressed so far..Version: 289
✓ 2 stars for poor user management and unexplained account limitationsLove the connections I have made so far, but currently not loving Meta’s policy. I am currently banned from posting on threads and Instagram as well as commenting. Meta/threads has given me no reason as to why. My account states it is in good standing and adheres to community standards. I have been told I might have replied too often or to to many people in a given time. I have been a threads user since day 1, and have never received a ban, and my use has been consistent. So I must ask, what is the point of a social media if I can’t reply to my friends on the content I post? Why are there no listed metrics by which we can adhere to? Having no guidance as to post/like/comment limits makes no sense if there is such a steep penalty (I have a 7 day ban). Im banned for a week for using the app as it was designed, and no response from threads or meta. I also notice that many of the reports I have made against anti-trans hate speech are unresolved for over a month. So those anti-trans accounts and comments are able to keep posting, while an active user who navigates within the bounds of the community standards is not allowed? This is odd and confusing and very Twitter like..Version: 311.0
✓ I don’t get threadsI don’t get how this platform helps It’s just another distracting time wasting machine that keeps you on the app With the fear that if your not on it or part of ‘it’ then your going to loose out on something & this could be a free way to promote oneself, but it is like the term says threads, it’s a bit pick your path adventure, but it’s had this disjointed feel, no one answers you & you follow but they don’t follow & it not an enjoyable productive experience experiment.Version: 311.0
✓ Missing featuresNo trending tab, no news. Just showing random irrelevant stuff. Disaster!!.Version: 289
✓ 💀Bro just use twitter 😂😂.Version: 289
✓ Terrible. Cant delete without deleting IGI would never have installed had I known I would have to delete IG to delete this crappy app. The layout is terrible, too. It’s just a poor copy of Twitter. Lame..Version: 289
✓ Basic errors it shouldn’t have.I love it already, the feel is great, BUT, while it started perfectly, first I lost the ability to see other posters replies, then I lost the ability to see me notifications, now I can’t even post. I’ve reported the problem and waiting for a reply. I realise they’ve had a massive initial take up, but with the power of Meta behind them, these problems should not be happening. Sort these out I guarantee the stars will go up, but with these errors, sorry, I can’t give more then 2 stars..Version: 291
✓ Copycat META strikes againWill this company ever create anything original? Threads is merely a severely downgraded Twitter clone, completely lacking in features. Threads collect a lot of very sensitive user data & offer no way of deleting your account without also deleting your Instagram account in the process. Then there is the distinct lack of free speech. All meta platforms are notorious for censorship akin to that found in China. I just recommend avoiding this app. In an ideal world we’d all delete our meta accounts and stop letting these cyber criminals sell our private data for monetary gain..Version: 289
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