Looks like they're reusing the name of their messaging app (also "Threads"), that was live between 2019 [1] and 2021 [2]. Nature abhors a vacuum, I guess. [1]

Looks like they're reusing the name of their messaging app (also "Threads"), that was live between 2019 [1] and 2021 [2]. Nature abhors a vacuum, I guess. [1]: https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/introducing-threads-app/ https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/introducing-t... [2]: https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/17/22787783/instagram-threads-shutting-down-meta-messaging https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/17/22787783/instagram-threa...