Threads has announced co-hosts for its live chat feature. It also added new ways to share live chat discussions. The updates aim to promote more topical and community engagement.
The first change expands who can host and help run chats. Threads will let all community champions create and host chats within communities. Live chats will now support up to three co-hosts. A chat creator can invite those co-hosts to help manage discussions.
That shared control could improve how live chats run. Co-hosts can assist with moderation and keep conversations moving. It may also invite broader community participation through expanded chats. The goal is greater acknowledgement and involvement from members.
Threads is also making chats easier to promote. Participants can now post messages from a live chat straight to their feed. Those posts display as a chat link in the feed. That helps expand awareness and pull more people into the discussion.
The update improves moderation too. Hosts can now long press to delete messages quickly. That helps keep discussions civil and welcoming. Threads said it is also working on pinned messages and live translation within chats.
Threads launched live chats back in April. The feature gave users another way to drive community engagement. It also promotes topical discussions among interested members. The format recalls the Twitter chats of old.
Threads chats do carry limits, though. They are capped at 150 participants per session. Only a set number of people can contribute, at the host’s discretion. That keeps discussions on track and limits spam.
Real-time engagement is key to making Threads livelier. It is an area where X has long dominated. Broader uptake of live chats could expand Threads’ role there. The feature also builds on Threads’ recent milestone of 500 million users.
