ICYMI, we posted a few Threads asking the Leo & Hive Community for feature requests on Threads. We wanted to gauge interest in various features and improvements and then develop our immediate roadmap in that direction.
Two of the most highly requested features were:
- Emojis
- GIFs
The ability to add Emojis and GIFs might seem trivial - it is, afterall, a common practice on something like Web2 (Twitter).
As we've said in multiple places: we built LeoThreads from a first principles approach. Taking the very basic features required for Microblogging and then building from the ground up.
Now, it's time to get some of these more surface-level features added. They have a great impact on the User Experience and make it a whole lot more fun to use LeoThreads.
Emojis Are Now Live on Threads!
Now, you can add Emojis directly into your Threads. You were always able to do this via Keyboard shortcuts (for example, ctrl+command + space bar on Mac).
With the latest update, you'll now find the Emoji toggle in the top right corner of the Thread Creation window.
Bonus: this update actually allowed us to integrate Emojis into all aspects of creation on LeoFinance. You'll now find the Emoji button on the Publish a Post window as well as the Comment creation window.
GIFs Are Next
GIFs have proven to be a bit more difficult to navigate. We're attempting to create a very similar experience to what Twitter has - GIF-wise - and what they've done is really cool.
We're aiming to have this finalized by the end of the week. Get ready to post your best GIFs in Threads!
The User Experience
Our focus is on building a fantastic User Experience. This is an amazing thing about Threads. We're all used to such a hardcore, nitty-gritty experience of content creation on Hive.
If you ever wanted to just flow and post whatever the hell you wanted on Hive, you may have been met with backlash. When it comes to top-level posts, there are policeman that will tell you what you can or should earn on your top-level posts.
We're not saying that's wrong. That's just how it is. In fact, many on Hive agree with this as the effort on a 1 picture post vs a 1,000 word post is very different.
That's the nature of having a singular platform.
But Threads is built different. Threads is outside the norm of posting on Hive. It doesn't work with top-level posts.
Instead, we work at a different layer. This allows content of all shapes and sizes to get posted onto the Hive blockchain and earn whatever rewards the community deems worthy of those Threads. Perhaps, no rewards at all.
The fun part about Threads is this lightheartedness. If you want to post a picture of your dog every morning when you wake up, then you can simply go to Threads, upload the picture with or without any text and hit "Create Thread".
for bonus points, you can use the # gmfrens 😉
Lightheartedness and enjoying content creation and engagement is what Threads is all about. If you aren't on Threads yet, we highly recommend giving it a shot.
This is an Alpha stage project. We're fast approaching what we consider to be "Open Beta" which is when Threads is at a very smooth and comfortable state. Many would agree that we have already achieved it with the past few updates.
Get out there and get Threading! The amount of Threads created each day continues to rise!
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This is really cool:) and it will be nice to have the option to add gifs too 😄
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Bringing the lightheadedness of web2 to web3 is a great way to get more people from traditional social media involved.#threading just getting better by the minute 👍🥰
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That's our goal, constant improvement!
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Yep! For now, just use https://leofinance.io on your mobile browser
I do it and it works like a charm!
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great
This is really cool and am loving it 👍
Awesome update for threads
The Alpha stage is already progressing to the next level phase (beta). More progress for threads
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We've made a lot of progress and have a ways to go to improve it even more! I'm excited
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Awesome!
GIFs is what I was waiting for and now it's happening fr.
More power to the Devs for doing brilliant work.
Aww emojis 🥰😍🤗 I'm really very excited to experience something awesome in Leo Threads. Thanks for the update dear LeoFinance community 💖💝❤️
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The answer is soon
If you're looking for the more definite answer, we've talked about our LeoAds development progress several times in various posts, threads and the weekly AMAs
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Also,
wen @trumpman on LeoThreads? Remembering back to all the times many in the community asked wen microblogging and now that it's here, seeing a lot of new faces on Threads but not these old wen faces ;)
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Nice 👌
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ayyy the emoji button is awesome! i use the hell out of emojis on threads. can't wait for GIFs!
thanks for the @gmfrens plug!
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Great to see some color in the Threads by enabling the use of emojis. Gifs and more exactly animated ones will bring some more fun to the party, thus that would be a great addition to the platform. Hip-hip-hooray!!!
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Absolutely!
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Emojis are great, thank you.
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Didn't notice that cute emoji on comment box till now. Thanks a ton! ❤🔥🙌🚀
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A welcomed development that will make our microblogging and posting experience more fun.
Kudos👏👏
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Actually, the absence of emojis is one reason why I usually do my comments using other front-ends.
Great update! 😆
Thanks!
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The growth with Threads is just massive and significant. If blogging on leofinance was ignored, microblogging won't be.
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