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Threads Profile Photo Tagging Update Good For Engagement

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Threads Profile Photo Tagging Update Good For Engagement

Meta’s Threads platform has launched profile tagging for photos, enabling users to link to other profiles within image posts.

According to Threads’ official announcement, users can access the tagging feature through the mobile app by tapping the person icon at the bottom left of a photo in the composer interface, then selecting the photo. Users can either search for specific profiles or choose from a suggested menu of accounts to tag.

Threads Profile Photo Tagging Update Good For Engagement


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The update introduces several limitations. Tags are currently restricted to still images, with video and GIF content not supported. Additionally, the feature is not yet available on the desktop version of the platform.

Users maintain control over who can tag them in photos through the platform’s privacy settings. Under “Settings > Privacy > Tags and mentions,” users can choose to allow tags from everyone, only profiles they follow, or no one.

The photo tagging capability joins recent updates such as text-blocking spoiler tags and customizable post templates as Threads continues to expand its feature set to match competing social media platforms. 

In mid 2024, reports emerged that Meta was experimenting with a new way to boost hashtag usage on Threads. Given the short, real-time nature of Threads posts, this could potentially require more specific context signals for the app’s algorithms to filter and sort content properly.

Meta recently announced its first move to monetize Threads, introducing advertising tests on the platform that has grown to 300 million monthly active users.

Cecilia Carloni, Interview Manager at Influence Weekly and writer for NetInfluencer. Coming from beautiful Argentina, Ceci has spent years chatting with big names in the influencer world, making friends and learning insider info along the way. When she’s not deep in interviews or writing, she's enjoying life with her two daughters. Ceci’s stories give a peek behind the curtain of influencer life, sharing the real and interesting tales from her many conversations with movers and shakers in the space.

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