Threads was next to useless on election night (but that’s kind of the point)

Where did you turn for election night news? The platform formerly known as Twitter? Bluesky? The Meta-owned Threads?

Those who chose the latter hoping for timely updates about the presidential election being closely watched in the U.S. and around the world on Tuesday were disappointed. Threads users were confronted with a non-chronological feed that made the app borderline unusable on election night. With results streaming in, the default “For You” feed was consistently out-of-date and out-of-step — posts about a “red mirage” and exit polls topping final results and more recent takes. (Top posts in my personal feed were consistently about dogs or distance running.)