Topics add new communities, and test badges for highly engaged members

The Meta Threads social network expands the number of threads available through it Feature newer communitiesThe company announced on Monday. This expansion may lead people to use communities on Reddit and X less.

The platform was initially launched More than 100 communities in October, Including those dedicated to basketball, TV, K-Pop, books, and more, to better compete with other social networks. With the current expansion, Threads now has over 200 communities, with additions including team-specific spaces such as Lakers Threads, Knicks Threads, and Spurs Threads.

The company does taste testing within the community as well, which is also very popular on Reddit. This feature allows you to add a customizable label below your username. For example, in the NBA community, you can show which team you support using a flair, or in the book community, you can indicate if you are an author.

Threads is also testing a “Champion” badge to reward members who are highly engaged in the community. The company said it only awards badges to a limited number of people with a large following in the community and who actively speak out.

It crossed over to the social platform that rivals Elon Musk’s X and startups like Bluesky 400 million users in Augusttwo years after its launch. Company Also noted this fall More than 150 million people visit the site daily now.

So far, Threads has been focusing on attracting and retaining users with features like Direct messages, Group conversationsand Ephemeral publicationsand other additions.