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Title: Threads is testing out a way to hide spoilers

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 18:23:46 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/social-media/threads...

Meta is testing a way to hide spoilers on Threads, according to a new post
from Mark Zuckerberg. The feature lets you obscure text or an image so that
they're only viewable once they're tapped or clicked.

In the current version being tested, you have to highlight your chosen text
or tap on the image and then tap "Mark spoiler" to hide it. Inside the
Threads app there's even a swirling particle animation that covers text and
images before flittering away when you tap on them.

Meta

Meta suggests the feature is being added to make it easier to talk about
ongoing shows without accidentally spoiling anything. The platform has a
growing community of users who use Threads to discuss media, and an
algorithmic feed that makes it pretty easy to get a spoiler dumped in front
of you. Not many social media platforms outside of Reddit offer a way to
obscure spoilers, either. Instead, users often have to turn to more general
moderation tools like muting words or phrases to avoid learning things before
they've watched a new movie or show.

The new spoiler feature doesn't appear to be widely available yet, but it's
just the latest in a series of changes Meta has been experimenting with in
Threads over the last few months. The biggest being the addition of a
dedicated DM inbox. Up until this point messaging someone on Threads sent you
to Instagram DMs, but Meta is now testing a separate Threads DM inbox in Hong
Kong, Thailand and Argentina.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/threads...
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