So, when is BlueSky finally getting out of beta?
Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
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Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#22I still can't believe it's app-only, that there's no desktop version. I refuse to wall off parts of the internet into silos that I have to enter through downloadable portals.
Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#23Meta will nuke your Instagram account for basically anything, including for no reason at all. I have like 50 followers, 10 photos, and check my IG once every week or two - haven't posted anything in months. Meta has banned me twice for unspecified policy violations (both times I had to send them a selfie and got reinstated, and there was no way to ask a human what these policies were). I suspect they'll ban/unban me…
Someone probably wants your account removed to release your username.
Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#24Reading this didn't surprise me a bit. Actually it makes sense from a user lock-in/enshittification perspective. It just bolsters the fact that I'm not install threads, ever.
I get the feeling that this is a skunkworks project for Meta. The fact that it's completely blocked in the European Union suggests that either they're doing something really bad (worse than Facebook), or they don't have the resources allocated to this project for their lawyers to greenlight it. And it just being a product built on top of the Instagram database would also fit in with that idea.
According to this:
https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/no-instagram-...
it seem like the Irish Authority isn't happy at all with the way the data is "commingled" with Instagram. Could the fact that deleting the Threads account will also remove the Instagram one be connected to having this Threads thingy appear as a part/feature of Instagram instead of a self-standing platform?
Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#25Glad I made a separate IG account just for Threads
You're still giving users and money to Meta, which is probably gonna try use threads to do an EEE (embrace, extend, extinguish) on the Fediverse (Group of server software like Mastodon and Lemmy which are able to talk between each other, mastodon is probably the better twitter alternative, just try not to join the biggest instances and join a smaller one, experience is better)
Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#26So Threads numbers are basically fake? Just Instagram users?
Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#27Meta will nuke your Instagram account for basically anything, including for no reason at all. I have like 50 followers, 10 photos, and check my IG once every week or two - haven't posted anything in months. Meta has banned me twice for unspecified policy violations (both times I had to send them a selfie and got reinstated, and there was no way to ask a human what these policies were). I suspect they'll ban/unban me…
They want your selfies for facial recognition in order to track you better across the web and possibly resell that information to third parties.
Also a great dataset for "AI" training, so your face can appear in modified form in laundered pictures.
Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#28I still can't believe it's app-only, that there's no desktop version. I refuse to wall off parts of the internet into silos that I have to enter through downloadable portals.
It seems like it’s going to eventually have activitypub / mastodon support? I’m hoping I can just follow everyone from Threads in my existing mastodon app. (Or from the webui of the instance I use)
Lots of instances are anti-meta integration. But imo the protocol is open specifically for this kinda thing. I don’t have to use Facebook’s garbage, but I can still get content from people who do.
Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#29I still can't believe it's app-only, that there's no desktop version. I refuse to wall off parts of the internet into silos that I have to enter through downloadable portals.
I just run anbox so I can run android apps as desktop apps. Sometimes it actually performs better than a crappy slow react webapp.
Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#30I still can't believe it's app-only, that there's no desktop version. I refuse to wall off parts of the internet into silos that I have to enter through downloadable portals.
It seems like it’s going to eventually have activitypub / mastodon support? I’m hoping I can just follow everyone from Threads in my existing mastodon app. (Or from the webui of the instance I use) Lots of instances are anti-meta integration. But imo the protocol is open specifically for this kinda thing. I don’t have to use Facebook’s garbage, but I can still get content from people who do.
It will only have activitypub/mastodon till it is the number 1 player...
At that point, suddenly the activitypub feeds will start mysteriously getting unreliable/ratelimited and eventually support will be dropped and it'll be back to a silo.
You only build the walls high after you have captured everyone...