Threads now enables you to scribble on p...

Threads is including a brand new characteristic that lets customers get just a little extra inventive in remixing posts from different individuals. The app now has a “markup” device that enables customers to scribble on prime of posts they wish to reshare, Adam Mosseri shared in .

Markup talents seem within the menu for quoting and reposting. However as a substitute of merely quoting a publish, it launches an enhancing device the place you possibly can add highlights, arrows or doodles on prime of a screenshot of the publish. Mosseri mentioned the characteristic is meant “so you possibly can add your inventive take” on posts, however the instruments are pretty restricted for now. You possibly can solely add yellow highlights or pink arrows and doodles, although Mosseri mentioned there could be “extra to return quickly” from Meta.

A Threads spokesperson confirms that the characteristic will operate equally to cite posts in that the unique consumer is notified if somebody chooses to mark up their publish. You may also use the “who can reply and quote” setting to disable markups by yourself posts.

The app can be making two different options it’s already previewed official: and . The options will probably be notably helpful for manufacturers, creators and others who handle knowledgeable presence on the positioning, which has up to now lacked lots of the extra superior business-focused instruments Meta’s different platforms have. Each may additionally come in useful ought to Meta start to to Threads, a transfer that’s reportedly within the works for the start of 2025.