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The Threads application, recently launched by Meta, is trying to gain an important place in the social media world. Positioned as an alternative to platforms such as X (formerly Twitter), Threads aims to offer a unique experience to its users. However, the application’s hesitancy to include politics creates difficulties in line with the interests of users. Threads’ search trends clearly reveal users’ interest in political content on the platform. The application, which was launched especially in the USA and tested its trends feature similar to Twitter, has begun to become a medium where political issues come to the fore.
Threads user interest shifts to politics
The app’s trends feature, which covers political topics such as reactions to US President Joe Biden’s State of the Nation address, shows that users prefer to discuss current events. The prominence of political content in Threads proves that people tend to react to current news with instant and short texts. Users choose to share their thoughts on important events of the day via Threads, revealing that the platform hosts political discussions.
In the past, Meta has taken steps to include less politics on its platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. However, Threads is shaped according to the interests of its users, regardless of this policy. The fact that political content receives intense attention from users, especially during election periods and important political events in the USA, shows that Threads should follow a clear path in this regard.
Threads’ trends feature stands out as one of the rare areas on the platform where political content is not suppressed. Users’ interest in political topics poses an important test of how Threads will handle such content. The application will have to evaluate how long it will keep political content in the trends section and the impact of this content on user experience.
Threads, Meta’s new social media app, shows that despite clear user interest in political content, a balance needs to be struck in how to deal with such content. Striking a balance between users’ freedom to share their immediate reactions and the platform’s policies around political content will be critical to the long-term success of Threads.