Editable posts, a feature that took Twitter (now X) years to add, just showed up on the still-young Threads. Meta’s X rival added the feature without fanfare on Thursday, edging the nascent social platform ever closer to being a complete Twitter replacement. The feature is also notably free while on X you’ll have to pay an $8-a-month Premium account fee for the privilege of editable tweets. I’ve been on Threads, which you can sign up for through your Instagram account, since it launched in July. In those early days, Threads enjoyed explosive growth and was quickly anointed “the next big thing” in social media. Since then, growth has slowed down and I’ve watched engagement flounder. Still, with Twitter (X) sliding into irrelevance, I’ve been rooting for Threads to pick up the pace of engagement and innovation. Of course, Meta insists that it’s not trying to be Twitter but it’s been steadily adding features like a Following Tab, […]