For now, you can only send DMs to your followers on Threads or mutual followers on Instagram. Threads has officially launched direct messaging for everyone. You can now privately message other users on the Meta-owned X rival, though Threads will only allow DMs between your followers or mutual followers on Instagram to start.

Meta's Threads is finally letting you slide into DMs. Users can now send each other private messages right on the platform, a feature that has taken nearly two years to arrive. Threads launched in 2023 as a fast follow-up to Elon Musk's chaotic Twitter takeover and copied nearly every feature from its rival except,

At launch, Threads DMs will support one-on-one chats, preset emoji reactions, the ability to report spam, and mute DMs (as on Instagram). Other features, like group messaging, inbox filters, and more advanced message controls,