It was spotted in testing last month, and now, Threads has officially announced its new in-stream counter for posts within a Thread, which will make it easier to understand how long each series of posts is within the app.
As you can see in this example, Threads is rolling out an auto-inserted thread count to your linked posts, indicating how many posts there are in the full sequence, and where the reader is up to.
So rather than you having to manually enter “1/3” or the thread emoji, Threads will now add this signifier for you, which will make it easier to actually create Threads.
As you can see in this example, the numbering will help to guide users, while Threads will also now ensure threaded posts are displayed together in the sequence.
So it’s an improvement for threads on Threads, which is in contrast to its recent addition of 10k character notes as attachments, so that you can expand your updates. That goes against the name, because a longer blog-style post embedded in your update is not a thread at all. And while that’s mostly semantics, it is good to see Threads adding a function that relates to actual threading, if only for thematic purposes.
It’ll even work if you go back to a Thread and add more to it (or take posts out), updating the post count in reflection of your changes.
In addition to this, on user profiles, Threads will now also group the first two posts with a “View more” label, providing another indicator of threaded posts in the app.
It’s a handy update, which could help users understand how to explore the full context of each post, while also catering to a manual user behavior that already exists.
So, not a world-changer, sure. But in combination with longer text notes, it’s another way for Threads to be a little smarter in how it enables users to share updates beyond a single post.
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