California: Photo-sharing application Instagram’s sub-platform Threads has introduced a new hashtag-like feature ‘Tags’ to help label posts.
The ability to tag a topic on your post is being rolled out globally, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said in a post on Threads. So using this feature users can categorize their posts so that other users can easily find these posts and be part of the conversation.
(Image: Threads)
According to the platform, this feature looks like a hashtag but doesn’t actually work like that. But only one tag can be used per post. However, it is slightly different from the hashtags used on social networking platforms X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook.
Hashtags will be used for tagging using the feature, but unlike X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook, the words will appear as hyperlinked blue text instead of appearing with the hashtag.
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