I have a suggestion to help automatically combat the spam of new threads by bots. Is it possible to control a non-sub user's posting ability such that they have to respond to threads before they can ...

Noticing a rise in AI bots spamming old threads with links to dodgy threads. i.e.: this. That's the third one I've seen in the past week. Just a thought, but can new accounts be denied permission to ...

Meta is launching another new update for Threads that can be used to “keep discussions on-topic” by manually approving replies to a post before it’s seen by everyone. “Reply Approvals” on Threads, as ...

Threads users have long joked about the sometimes bizarre posts served up by its recommendation algorithm since the early days of the app. Lately though, some users are starting to notice another type ...

CEO Adam Mosseri stated that while the move was prompted by a surge in spam attacks, Threads is ready to assist users facing limitations. However, comment spam has notably risen on Threads, with users ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter alternative, Instagram Threads, has been forced to implement rate limits in response to a growing number of reports citing spam attacks and crypto-shilling bots. Instagram ...

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Meta has now introduced new features on Threads that look to improve your social media experience by helping block unrelated spam that are filling up your notifications on the platform. Among these ...

It seemed like exactly the type of juicy hypocrisy that the internet lives for. On Monday, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced that in order to tackle the spam problem on its new Twitter competitor, ...