{"id":171,"date":"2020-10-07T22:12:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T22:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1322194"},"modified":"2020-10-07T22:12:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T22:12:49","slug":"instagram-threads-is-now-basically-a-dedicated-message-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"Instagram Threads is now basically a dedicated message app"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/tnw?filter_last=1&amp;fit=1280%2C640&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2019%2F10%2FInstagram-Threads.jpg&amp;signature=f33054908417efd8f8628b319ecb0358\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Threads, Instagram\u2018s dedicated app for messaging your friends, is getting an update that makes it more useful. Specifically, Threads is now an Instagram Direct messaging app that you can use to communicate with anyone, though it still puts an emphasis on your close friends.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.1531531531532\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Instagram Threads app has basically become the Direct app reborn with the latest update that allows messages with anyone, not just close friends <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5JwGDhlejd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/5JwGDhlejd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wongmjane\/status\/1313536743988060160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">October 6, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The update was first spotted by TNW\u2019s favorite app update guru, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wongmjane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Jane Manchun Wong<\/a>, who tweeted the update information. The Threads app information <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/threads-from-instagram\/id1473867767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">on the App Store<\/a> also notes you can now use it to speak to everyone in your DMs, whether or not they have Threads. The update info reads, \u201c<span>Now you can access all of your Instagram messages\u201d but also notes, \u201cYour chats with close friends will be prioritized in your inbox.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ll recall, my main beef with Threads when I first tried the app was that I didn\u2019t really want or need an app specifically for talking to two or three people. No matter how much you might like those couple of people, sure you could just use Instagram Direct to message them. Now it appears Instagram\u2018s addressing that by making Threads have a two-tabbed inbox. One is for your Close Friends, and the other is for Everyone Else.<\/p>\n<p>Instagram\u2018s tried to make a standalone Direct app before, but it\u2019s now defunct, and presumably Threads is taking its place. Naturally, it begs the question of whether this is part of Facebook\u2018s efforts to consolidate its many disparate apps. It wouldn\u2019t seem so at first, because it\u2019s yet another app, but Facebook can more easily introduce features common to its other messaging apps to Threads than to Instagram itself. It\u2019s not yet done so, but its attempt to expand its utility shows some interest in making the app useful. It\u2019s not as though Facebook has an issue with sunsetting apps that no one is interested in.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/facebook\/2020\/10\/07\/instagram-threads-now-dedicated-message-app\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Threads, Instagram\u2018s dedicated app for messaging your friends, is getting an update that makes it more useful. 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