“Tags work a little differently than hashtags do on platforms like Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). When composing a Threads post, you start a tag by tapping the # symbol and then typing out your topic. But instead of being limited to just one word, you can type out a whole phrase (with spaces!) and add special characters, according to Mosseri. However, you can only make one tag per post.”
I wonder how the tags will work if they federate with ActivityPub.
I also think the federation promise was just all smoke and mirrors to let the European Union allow them to publish the app.
I don’t think we will ever see proper federation on Threads, even though I’d surely like it.
Zuckerberg just posted this on Threads. Federation seems to be coming relatively soon.