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# A look at Threads and Q&A with its head Connor Hayes, as the platform passes 500M MAUs and increasingly resembles Reddit with its focus on community features (Eli Tan/New York Times)

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**Published:** July 6, 2026  
**Original:** https://www.techmeme.com/260705/p12#a260705p12  

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## Overview

Eli Tan / New York Times: A look at Threads and Q&A with its head Connor Hayes, as the platform passes 500M MAUs and increasingly resembles Reddit with its focus on community features &mdash; Meta's office in San Francisco. Threads aims to reach one billion users.Ian C. Bates for The New York Times

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