Instagram Threads launched what the company said was its most-requested feature to date: direct messages, also known as DMs.

At launch, Threads DMs will support one-on-one chats, preset emoji reactions, the ability to report spam, and mute DMs (as on ...

Bluesky has a dedicated tool called Sky Follower Bridge that makes it easy to migrate your connections from X (and Instagram, TikTok, Threads, and Facebook) to Bluesky. With Threads, you can only ...

Meta says the feature is rolling out globally now for users who are 18 and older. Younger users won't have the option. Don't ...

Rachel Reeves is understood to be considering changes to Cash ISAs, prompting savers to open the product in large numbers ...

A survey shows Bluesky users are more Democratic and politically engaged than Threads users. Threads has 300 million monthly users, surpassing Bluesky's 24 million. Bluesky allows users to add ...

Over the past year, I have dabbled in Bluesky, Threads, and T2, which became Pebble, which then died. I also joined Mastodon , which is more of a decentralized social network.

People are leaving the Elon Musk-owned X in droves, in favor Threads and Bluesky. Both experienced tremendous growth this fall. Poynter spoke with journalists about the pros and cons.

While Threads and X put public conversations in the hands of autocratic billionaires, Bluesky is an independent entity and has structured its platform much more democratically.

Threads, meanwhile, is a Meta-owned offshoot of Instagram, using the same user account across both. It doesn't have Bluesky's heavy customization, but it has some distinguishing features.

Meta's X alternative allows messaging to and from followers for the first time, but there is criticism. The highlighter ...

Bluesky has a dedicated tool called Sky Follower Bridge that makes it easy to migrate your connections from X (and Instagram, TikTok, Threads, and Facebook) to Bluesky. With Threads, you can only ...