Last week, Meta decided it would replace its professional fact-checking program with X-style “Community Notes” and it looks like a version of the feature is already being tested on Threads. Alessandro Paluzzi, a developer who frequently posts leaked details on Meta’s apps, shared three screenshots that show an early look of what the Community Notes might look like in Threads.
In a statement, a Meta spokesperson described the screenshots as an “internal prototype” and said the feature wasn’t being tested outside of the company.
Paluzzi’s images show a new “Write Community Note” option in the menu you can access in the corner of a Threads post. If you select it, it looks like you’ll be able to anonymously submit your note, and if it’s rated as helpful, it will appear under the post. The whole setup is not dissimilar from how X uses Community Notes, which started as a feature called