Since its inception, Meta’s Threads has tried to leverage the network effects of its other social networks Facebook and Instagram by experimenting with cross-posting and highlighting Threads posts on a carousel.

Many social media platforms take ideas from each other, and Meta seems to be doing something similar recently. As first reported by TechCrunch, Threads is testing a community groups feature that’s similar to Subreddits and X Communities.

The ‘Loops’ feature may help users follow and engage with specific topics, similar to X’s Communities or subreddits.

Meta's take on a Twitter/X rival, Instagram Threads, may be inching further into its competitor's territory with the development of a communities feature

The feature is known as Loop, and one developer who spotted the reference said that it might be similar to the Communities feature on X, or subreddits … Alessandro Paluzzi first found the feature. Chris Messina appears to have independently spotted it.