Everyone dislikes spoilers. Whether discussing television series or sports, the undeniable truth is that individuals enjoy surprises. The issue, however, is that if you spend any time online, it’s easy to encounter a spoiler you were trying so hard to evade. This has happened to me far too often. Occasionally, I’ll check Twitter for news updates and inadvertently come across a post revealing how a White Lotus episode concludes. Other times, I’ve accidentally spotted social media posts regarding a shocking finish to a football match I was 10 minutes behind on watching.
While it’s certainly not catastrophic, it can be quite irritating. In that regard, Threads has commenced the rollout of a new feature today that allows users to conceal spoilers in their posts. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg briefly touched on it on Threads earlier Monday, and since then, a few additional details have surfaced.
How the feature operates
In response to Zuckerberg’s announcement, Instagram head Adam Mosseri elaborated on how the feature functions.
“We’re testing a method for you to obscure spoilers in Threads posts,” Mosseri stated. “While making a post, highlight the text or images and select ‘mark spoiler’ to obscure it. Users can uncover the hidden text or image by tapping it in their feed. Threads is the sole app of its kind to offer this type of content label, so I’m eager to see how people utilize it to express their views on what they’re enjoying.”
The feature was activated for some users this afternoon, as indicated by this post from the Meta Newsroom Threads account. The implementation is quite simple and will likely assist in keeping users actively scrolling through Threads even when there might be spoilers just around the corner.
Indeed, in a press release, Meta emphasized how Threads is progressively becoming a hub for discussing popular television shows:
“Popular series like ‘The Last of Us’ and ‘The White Lotus’ frequently trended on Threads during their respective seasons, a clear indication of the app’s expanding community of entertainment and pop culture aficionados,” the press release states in part.
