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Dustin Jones

TikTok's new text post format is similar to, but not the same as, Threads and Twitter

TikTok's new text-only posts will allow users to share written content up to 1,000 characters. Users can also add music, stickers and hashtags to their text posts. (Matt Slocum/AP)

TikTok is expanding its capabilities for its more than 1 billion active users by launching a new text-based option for posts.

The social media titan announced Monday that it's "expanding the boundaries of content creation" by allowing users to share stories, poems, recipes and other written content through text posts. Users can diversify their posts by adding sounds and music, stickers and hashtags, as well as tagging locations.

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