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If the API is robust enough, it could open the platform up to new ideas, expressed through third-party apps and web experiences, about how to actually interact with Threads or view its content.
It could also add features that Threads is missing right now, like lists or the ability to follow specific topics.
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Some have moved on to make clients for other platforms — for instance, the makers of Tweetbot created Ivory for Mastodon.
But Threads, with its nearly 100 million monthly active users, is a particularly green pasture compared to Mastodon, Bluesky, and all the other X alternatives that have come along recently.
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It’s even made a small step in that direction, making it possible to verify your Threads profile in the so-called fediverse.
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We’ve reached out to Meta to find out if it has anything more to say about the possibilities for an API, and we’ll update here if we receive a response.
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