The update will be especially helpful because the app’s algorithm frequently displays posts from days ago.
Threads is getting closer and closer to become a source that contains real-time news and updates that are genuinely valuable. After putting the feature through its paces for a month, the app is now officially releasing the capability to search posts in the order of their most recent publication.
“In an effort to make it easier to find timely and relevant content on Threads, we are introducing a Recent tab for your searches,” Instagram’s Adam Mosseri wrote in an update. “We hope that this will make its use more convenient.” You can now view the search results in chronological order, but the quality of the results of your search is still being evaluated here.
Users have been requesting this change for a long time, with the expectation that Meta’s app will one day act in the same way that Twitter has historically done, namely as a source of breaking news and information that is updated in real time. If you want to get up-to-date information and comments about breaking news, sports, and anything else that is happening in real time, it is essential to have the ability to search for themes and keywords and find the most recent results.
Additionally, Meta has made it quite apparent that it would prefer that “news” not be what Threads is known for. This is something that Meta has made plain. In addition to the fact that the corporation intentionally opposes political content, Mosseri has stated that he does not wish to “encourage” the publication of hard news on Threads. Additionally, the default “for you” algorithm on Threads is notorious for exposing posts that are several days old, strange personal tales, and other stuff that is not exactly timely.
Additionally, it is important to note that the “latest” search filter on X is not the same as the new recency filter that is available in search on Threads at this time. According to what Mosseri mentioned in his post, Meta continues to conceal an undetermined number of posts in search results that have been “evaluated for quality.” As a result, Threads search will never highlight all of the posts that include the terms that you have searched for. However, if you are able to locate posts that are not more than a few days old, it should make the process of searching for material that is timely a great deal less frustrating.