Threads now enables you to scribble on prime of different customers’ posts

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

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

A Threads spokesperson confirms that the function will operate equally to cite posts in that the unique person is notified if somebody chooses to mark up their publish. It’s also possible to use the “who can reply and quote” setting to disable markups by yourself posts.

The app can also be making two different options it’s already previewed official: and . The options will doubtless 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.