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Threads Tests a Small Room Inside the Town Square

October 30, 2026 at 6:01 AM EDT · New York time

Meta is testing Threads Friends, a feature for sharing posts with smaller groups instead of the entire public audience. The idea recalls Twitter Circle and other social features that let users choose a narrower set of recipients. The distinction is useful for people who want to share something with friends without presenting it to every follower or passing visitor. A public network makes distribution easy, but not every thought requires the largest available audience. For Meta, the test adds another possible way to organize participation on Threads. For users, the practical question is whether the smaller audience feels easier to manage than a public post. The feature is being tested, rather than announced as a universal change for everyone. Social platforms spent years making it possible to address the whole world at once. Now they are also building doors to smaller rooms. The innovation is not that people have friends; it is that a public feed has remembered they may not all need the same announcement.

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