Threads Now Supports Disappearing 'Ghost Posts' That Archive After 24 Hours

[MacRumors]

Meta today announced that the Threads social network is gaining support for disappearing posts. "Ghost posts" are Threads posts that will be automatically archived after a 24-hour period.

Replies to ghost posts are sent to the user's direct message inbox, with no comments or likes shared publicly. Creating a ghost post can be done by tapping on the new ghost icon that's available when composing a post.

Ghost posts appear as a chat bubble with a gray background in the Threads feed, so they stand out compared to regular posts.

Meta says that the feature will allow Threads users to share "unfiltered thoughts and fresh takes without the pressure of permanence or polish." Ghost posts are available now.

Article Link: Threads Now Supports Disappearing 'Ghost Posts' That Archive After 24 Hours

 

[Shanesan]

I feel like I read an ad.

Mastodon has this feature too, it’s called “Delete”.

 

[DBZmusicboy01]

That’s way too much clutter and it will cause even more doom scrolling just to not miss a 24 hour expiration post 😒
TikTok is the only good social media.

 

[Swimerboy]

What about facebook and Instagram those are social media apps

 

[centauratlas]

If anyone believes they will disappear, they are probably delusional. They even say will be archived for later perusal (by the authorities).

 

[macduke]

Meta says that the feature will allow Threads users to share "unfiltered thoughts and fresh takes without the pressure of permanence or polish."

Remember kids, everything on the internet is permanent. Your nudes and your unhinged posts live on forever. Someone or something will archive them.

 

[TalkieToaster]

Sounds like a 'feature' that can aid in harassment

 

[Student of Life]

Remember kids, everything on the internet is permanent. Your nudes and your unhinged posts live on forever. Someone or something will archive them.

Common sense and critical thinking are unfortunately in short supply these days.

 

[tomtad]

I wish Tim would ghost post himself

 

[klasma]

Remember kids, everything on the internet is permanent.

Except all those broken links.

 

[klasma]

Google should start a new hosting service called Ghost.

 

[Hogswarts]

"Archive" means it's not really gone.
Actually, "Mark Zuckerberg" means it's all logged forever.

 

[xmarcuswildx]

People still use threads? I was under the impression this was solidly overran by just bots even worse than X.

 

[orbital~debris]

People still use threads? I was under the impression this was solidly overran by just bots even worse than X.

Yes! It's a really vibrant community and, in my experience, full of well-adjusted people who are batting back the bots and interlopers from X who are trying to bring over the low-grade content from that platform.

 

[Happy_John]

FFS, let’s enable people to not take responsibility even more than they don’t now, because we don’t have enough of that already in this overgrown toddler tantrum world.

 

[justanotherdave]

Yes! It's a really vibrant community and, in my experience, full of well-adjusted people who are batting back the bots and interlopers from X who are trying to bring over the low-grade content from that platform.

It’s also absolutely filled with Meta shills (some not even hiding it by mentioning they’re employed by Meta in their profile) who constantly crap on Apple while telling us how great all Meta products are.

 

[Siliconguy]

Common sense and critical thinking are unfortunately in short supply these days.

Especially around teenagers, but this is not a new problem.

 

[robd003]

Threads, the social network where you can be alone with your thoughts.

 

[212rikanmofo]

so sad to see society being addicted to this toxic trash called social media. It's a huge distraction, a big waste of time, and it's basically a way for big tech to use all your data to feed AI, which will be used against you.

 

[svish]

I don't use the app much but good to know about the changes. Don’t think I will have much use for it.

 

[Jeeve Stubbs]

This decision from Metastasis will only encourage toxic posts.

 

[Jeeve Stubbs]

Especially around teenagers, but this is not a new problem.

Listen to 1950s kids interviews, or read letters they wrote back then. Compare that to today's kids.

 

[Skyscraperfan]

"Threads" should just not exist. Nobody needs another social network created by Meta with an insanely high censorship that sells private user data.

 

[orbital~debris]

It’s also absolutely filled with Meta shills (some not even hiding it by mentioning they’re employed by Meta in their profile) who constantly crap on Apple while telling us how great all Meta products are.

That’s interesting to hear.

Aside from Mosseri, I’ve genuinely not seen a single instance of this (the only thing close is an ex-Meta employee), so it does seem as though it can be quite a different experience for each user (supporting that, I have noticed a few times people saying they want to get back to their usual timeline filled with whatever, as the algorithm has suddenly started showing them content they dislike).

 

[Jack Burton]

That’s interesting to hear.

Aside from Mosseri, I’ve genuinely not seen a single instance of this (the only thing close is an ex-Meta employee), so it does seem as though it can be quite a different experience for each user (supporting that, I have noticed a few times people saying they want to get back to their usual timeline filled with whatever, as the algorithm has suddenly started showing them content they dislike).

I've never seen that either.