Meta's Threads platform, standing as rival to X, may be getting a Trending Topics section. The news circulated when an app developer posted screenshots of the feature, shared originally by a Meta employee. 🤫”In the screenshot images posted, the feature appears to list trending topics according to the number of threads it received, similar to the feature on X, formerly Twitter. While the trending topics section has been a vital feature to every social media platform, it has become quite problematic in the past. Facebook was compelled to kill the feature in 2018 after controversy over the feature repeatedly resurfacing conspiracy theories and misinformation.

Source: The Express Tribune October 10, 2023 10:03 UTC