Threads Implements Rate Limits to Combat Spam, Following Twitter's Lead

Social media app Threads, marketed as the companion app to Instagram, has announced that it will limit the number of posts some users can see, following in the footsteps of rival social network Twitter. Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri cited an increase in spam attacks as the reason for implementing rate limits, which may unintentionally limit active users. Twitter faced backlash for its own post limits, which it initially claimed were to stop data scraping but later admitted were to detect and eliminate bots and bad actors. Threads, which reached 100 million users within five days of launching, still has to prove itself as a long-term competitor to Twitter.