Threads is testing disappearing posts that expire after 24 hours

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Threads is testing the option for users to put a 24-hour expiration timer on their posts, after which the post and all replies would disappear, Stories-style. A spokesperson confirmed to
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that the feature is being tested among a group of users after it was first spotted earlier this summer by developer
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. It sounds a lot like pre-X Twitter’s Fleets,
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. But, the ephemeral format could save habitual post-deleters some trouble.

It comes a few months after Instagram head Adam Mosseri shared that Threads was
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. That optional feature would let users designate a date for their posts to be hidden from the feed. But Threads users in the past have indicated that they
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of automatic archiving, and such a feature hasn’t yet shown up on a wider scale. Threads
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at the beginning of August, and recently introduced an
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for users — particularly those with large followings — to keep track of their account’s performance. Meta also said the option to schedule posts is on the way.

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