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A glitch is turning Threads into a literal echo chamber

We’ve heard it all — X is turning into a right-wing echo chamber, Bluesky is a liberal bubble, and so on. But a glitch on Threads has turned these concerns into a reality: Everyone is saying the same exact thing over and over again.

In a bug affecting some Threads users on desktop and mobile, it appears that one user’s post will get repeated over and over again, looking as though every user on your feed is saying the same thing.

“Siri, unsubscribe me from 2025,” one Threads user wrote, per a screenshot from social media expert Alexa Heinrich. But then, everyone else on Heinrich’s feed appeared to be echoing the same cheugy joke, all begging for Apple’s beleaguered AI to save them from a news cycle of constant horrors.

A screenshot of a Threads feed where every user is saying "Siri, unsubscribe me from 2025."
Image Credits:Alexa Heinrich on Threads

Meta’s apps have committed a couple of faux pas lately, but this Threads error leans more silly than harmful. Meanwhile, some users were unknowingly posting their conversations with Meta AI onto a public feed last week, revealing personal information about medical issues, contact information, legal concerns, and more.

While it’s not yet clear what caused the bug, Meta Communications Director Andy Stone responded to app researcher Jane Manchun Wong’s post about the issue.

“Whoops, well that clearly shouldn’t have happened! We’re working on getting it fixed now,” Stone said.

“Whoops, well that clearly shouldn’t have happened! We’re working on getting it fixed now,” Wong replied.

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