The meta social network Threads is experimenting with the ability to schedule posts, according to Instagram chief Adam Mosseri.
Users who can test this feature cannot schedule replies. “We want to strike a balance between encouraging real-time conversations while giving people more control to plan their posts in threads,” he said.
People participating in the test will see an option to schedule a post in the composer's three-dot menu. All scheduled posts appear in your Drafts folder, from where you can edit or delete them, or change when they're posted.
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Mosseri said the company has been working on the feature for months, which is true given that app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi has posted several times this year about the scheduled posting feature being in development. Maybe.
Earlier this week, Instagram started allowing people to schedule direct messages. The social network has been allowing users to schedule posts to its main feed for some time now.
On Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg said Threads has more than 100 million daily active users and 300 million monthly active users.