Meta’s social app Threads is about to get more thoughtful for pop culture fans. In a recent announcement, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that Threads is testing a new spoiler text feature — allowing users to hide sensitive content like movie endings, game results, or plot twists from others.
🔍 How the Spoiler Feature Works:
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✍️ Mark as Spoiler – While creating a post, you can now highlight any text or image and mark it as a spoiler.
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🔒 Blurred Content – Once marked, the content will appear blurred or hidden:
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On mobile, it shows up as floating dots.
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On desktop, it becomes a gray block.
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👀 Tap to Reveal – Viewers can choose to reveal the hidden content by tapping or clicking on it — just like spoiler tags on Reddit or Discord.
🎯 Why This Feature Matters
This new feature is designed to foster respectful and spoiler-free conversations, especially around trending movies, TV shows, books, or sports events. Threads is becoming a more user-conscious space, offering more control over what we see — and when we see it.
With Threads rapidly growing as a social space for communities, this small but powerful feature could be a game-changer for how people interact around fresh content.
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