Threads will show you more from accounts you follow now – like Bluesky already does [Video]

Since the US election, the X exodus has helped increased the user base of social media platforms like Bluesky and Threads. Bluesky has seen 500% growth since the election, and Threads added 15 million signups in November alone, according to Threads creator Adam Mosseri. As X continues to lose followers, other social media platforms are scrambling to come out on top. 

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On Thursday, Mosseri announced a major change to Threads’ algorithm to compete with the likes of Bluesky. The social media platform is “rebalancing ranking to prioritize content from people you follow, which will mean less recommended content from accounts you don’t follow and more posts from the accounts you do starting today.”

This is a major change to the platform because it allows users to default to seeing more of what they want to see when they first open the app. Just yesterday, …