WBUR's "Endless Thread" podcast digs into the internet's vast and curious ecosystem of online communities. WBUR Brooke Eby was 33 when she was diagnosed with ALS.

Published: June 18, 2025 Photo by Yazid N on Unsplash By India McCarty Meta’s Threads launched a new feature intended to protect users from some top-secret information — movie and TV spoilers.

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And now, that’s exactly what they’re finally getting. Starting this week (via The Verge), Threads is testing a native DM inbox in three countries: Hong Kong, Thailand, and Argentina.

Research firm Emarketer expects Threads' U.S. monthly active users will grow 17.5% to 60.5 million by next year, surpassing X, whose user base is expected to decline 14.4% to 50 million.

While it’s good that Threads finally made a DM inbox available, the company is late in rolling it out. Its rival social network Bluesky introduced DMs in May 2024.