0x815@feddit.de to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agoMeta appears to automatically create Threads shadow accounts for everyone on Instagram and allows users to follow those shadowsnewsie.socialexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareecholinkfedilinkarrow-up47·2 years agoi am begging fedi users to understand that threads and instagram use the same account
minus-squareSaltySalamander@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoAt this point it’s just willful ignorance.
minus-squareJakwithoutac@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoNo, 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-up2·2 years agoI 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?