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Starter Packs are the latest Bluesky feature that Threads is going to shamelessly adopt

It looks like Threads is readying a new feature based on Bluesky’s Starter Packs. Thread’s version will be hand-curated lists of suggested users to help newcomers find people to follow.

Chris Messina, who invented the hashtag, posted a screenshot of the tool to the social media app. He also says you can see an early version of the tool yourself by pasting "installedbarcelona://recommended_follow_lists" into Safari on iOS if you have the latest Threads app. Bluesky has responded to this move with snark, writing on Threads that “if this app is going to keep copying our features, you might as well just join Bluesky.” For those who have been paying attention, Threads has been “paying homage” to all kinds of pre-existing Bluesky features in recent days and months.

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