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Automatically disappear posts on social networks could be handy for users who have a habit of deleting their posts through third - party tools , or if the context of those posts is short - inhabit . Earlier this month , Threads said it wastesting fugacious Post only as an internal prototype . Now the company told TechCrunch that it is testing post that disappear within 24 hours with a limited issue of users .
While the fellowship did n’t provide any command , a spokesperson said this is a new and casual way to share on Threads . It also did n’t divulge if the experiment is region - specific or who could activate such post .
App reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi published an ephemeral post on Friday . When you tap on the response release , you an see the time rest , after which the military post will be deleted . screw thread also show a banner on top of the post indicating that the thread and all replies will evaporate when the time ends . While the banner does n’t specify anything about cite replies , we observe that quoted billet have a timer similar to the original station and will disappear after the timer ends .
In June , Paluzzi first posted aboutThreads form on disappearing postswith a screenshot foreground a 24 - hour push next to the Post push to release a disappearing thread . Technologist Chris Messina also foundhints about these posts in the iOS app ’s code in the beginning this month . Messina note that disappearing posts wo n’t be shared with the fediverse , as Threads wo n’t be able to delete those posts from other ActivityPub - powered servers . Threads started let users toshare their post with the fediverse in June .
mail service with a 24 - time of day expiry could help Almighty who want to share an off - stigma or off - theme post once in a while . They could also be utile for folk who need to post commentary on live events that might be unmanageable to understand out of context or that are irrelevant once the effect is over .
In a pre - Elon Musk era , Twitter started an Instagram Stories - like format fordisappearing posts called Fleets in 2020butshut it down in 2021 because of low usage .
If Threads makes transient Wiley Post widely usable , it might be one of the only social networks among its rivals — such as X , Bluesky , and Mastodon — to do so .
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The late variant of the tale had a spelling mistake in Chris Messina ’s name .
