Meta trials private Threads posts for groups of up to 50 followers
Meta is testing Threads Friends, a feature that lets users share posts privately with a smaller group of followers. The trial is under way in Ireland, Italy and Japan, offering an alternative to posting for everyone on the platform.
Users can share with up to 50 friends, whom the app may suggest based on frequent interactions; the list can be edited. A green bubble leads to friends’ posts shared in the previous 24 hours, and an Easter egg changes the feature’s name to “Thriends”. Meta has not said whether or when the test will expand; the feature resembles Twitter’s Circles, which allowed groups of up to 150 before being discontinued.
In short
- Threads is testing private sharing with groups of up to 50.
- The trial is running in Ireland, Italy and Japan.
- Meta has not announced plans to expand access.
Explained simply
Threads is a social media app owned by Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram. Like other social platforms, it lets people publish posts for others to read and respond to.
People’s posts on Threads can reach a broad audience, while private sharing tools limit who can see them. Twitter, now called X, previously offered a similar feature called Circles, which let users share with selected groups.
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Originally published by Engadget as “Meta is testing ‘Threads Friends’ for sharing posts with smaller groups”.