{"id":175043,"date":"2025-06-16T17:54:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/threads-is-testing-spoiler-text-zuckerberg-says-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T17:54:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:54:51","slug":"threads-is-testing-spoiler-text-zuckerberg-says-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/threads-is-testing-spoiler-text-zuckerberg-says-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Threads is testing spoiler text, Zuckerberg says | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Threads, Meta\u2019s microblogging platform, is testing spoiler text, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@zuck\/post\/DK-BydcJHkF?xmt=AQF0ICeX37yN7v-nw4DHdhw1Lc7CfflfrOQQ1wIHgNTwsQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">post<\/a> from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spoiler text refers to words (or images) that are grayed out in a post and only become readable if you manually click to see them. As the name suggests, spoiler text is often used on platforms like Discord or Reddit to help people communicate about new movies, TV shows, or books without accidentally revealing plot points and twists for people who aren\u2019t caught up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"wp-block-image__credits\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>Threads<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a nice quality-of-life upgrade on the user side, but it also helps Meta by encouraging more conversations about pop culture without people worrying about spoiling others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPopular shows like \u2018The Last of Us\u2019 and \u2018The White Lotus\u2019 regularly trended on Threads during their seasons, a clear sign of the app\u2019s growing community of entertainment and pop culture enthusiasts,\u201d Meta said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spoiler text can also be useful in other circumstances, like blurring out text or images that aren\u2019t violative, but still might be off-putting to some users. (Looking at my friend who shares #BruiseWatch updates after their Frisbee games.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a feature that\u2019s currently in testing, spoiler text\/images have not rolled out to all users. For those who have it, text or images can be marked as spoilers by highlighting them before posting, then selecting \u201cmark spoiler\u201d from the menu that appears.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/06\/16\/threads-is-testing-spoiler-text-zuckerberg-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Threads, Meta\u2019s microblogging platform, is testing spoiler text, according to a post from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Spoiler text refers to words (or images) that are grayed out in a post and only become readable if you manually click to see them. As the name suggests, spoiler text is often used on platforms like Discord [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":175044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-175043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}