A year later, here’s what Threads could learn from other social networks

Threads, Meta’s alternative to Twitter, has just celebrated its first birthday, marking a year since its launch on July 5. In this time, the social network has achieved 175 million monthly active users, a significant milestone. However, Threads is still carving out its unique identity, differentiating itself by not being as news-focused as Twitter/X and not as open as Mastodon or Bluesky.

Throughout its first year, the Threads team has rapidly introduced new features and actively gathered user feedback to enhance the platform. Some of the notable additions include support for multiple profiles, a web app, a TweetDeck-like interface for desktop users, trending topics in the U.S., and custom controls for muting and quote replies.

Additionally, Threads has made strides in integrating with the fediverse. Users can connect their accounts to the ActivityPub protocol, allowing them to share posts with the broader fediverse and view likes and replies from it. However, users still cannot follow people from other servers, indicating that there is still room for further integration and development.

Overall, Threads is steadily evolving, focusing on user feedback and aiming to offer a distinctive social networking experience that balances the features and openness of other platforms.