0x815@feddit.de to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 年前Meta appears to automatically create Threads shadow accounts for everyone on Instagram and allows users to follow those shadowsnewsie.socialexternal-linkmessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1151arrow-down1external-linkMeta appears to automatically create Threads shadow accounts for everyone on Instagram and allows users to follow those shadowsnewsie.social0x815@feddit.de to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 年前message-square46linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareecholinkfedilinkarrow-up47·3 年前i am begging fedi users to understand that threads and instagram use the same account
minus-squareSaltySalamander@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 年前At this point it’s just willful ignorance.
minus-squareJakwithoutac@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 年前No, it’s just that users don’t like systems where you have to opt out by default. Like you used to have to opt out of shitty marketing emails after a purchase, but then we changed that to opt in and everyone is happier.
minus-squareSaltySalamander@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 年前I guess it’s a god thing you have to opt in to Threads, huh?
i am begging fedi users to understand that threads and instagram use the same account
At this point it’s just willful ignorance.
No, it’s just that users don’t like systems where you have to opt out by default. Like you used to have to opt out of shitty marketing emails after a purchase, but then we changed that to opt in and everyone is happier.
I guess it’s a god thing you have to opt in to Threads, huh?