Threads give users more control over who can cite their posts (as in reposting with a comment). If you don’t want anyone to be able to quote your posts, you now have the option to only allow people you follow to do so. Or you can make it so that no one can cite your posts at all. Head of Instagram announced the update this weekend, saying it hoped it would “help keep Threads a more positive place.” The platform tested the feature among a group of Threads users last month, but now it’s rolling out to everyone.

Threads, which is slowly adding more features to improve safety and the overall user experience, borrowing some tools from Instagram. Last month, so users can specify certain terms they want filtered out of their feeds. Themes also recently started testing options to archive posts, either manually or automatically after a selected expiration date.

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