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Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says

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Post by somsak2 »

KSPAtlas wrote: post #25
harry105 wrote: post #4

Glad 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)

EEE is not really relevant here, they're not "embracing" fediverse at all. it's a completely separate app. they just vaguely claimed they would in the future.

Microsoft is the only company that i know of with a true EEE approach eg with Java

Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says

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Post by kamaal »

bjohnson225 wrote: post #37
ssl232 wrote: post #2

People jumping ship from Twitter for this thinking they're going to be treated any better are probably in line for a nasty surprise.

I thought the quotes on the BBC article were quite revealing: > Mr Zuckerberg said keeping the platform "friendly... will ultimately be the key to its success". > But Mr Musk responded: "It is infinitely preferable to be attacked by strangers on Twitter, than indulge in the false happiness of hide-the-pain Instagram." If Threads is a fractionally less toxic version of Twitter, it’ll do quite well.

>>If Threads is a fractionally less toxic version of Twitter, it’ll do quite well.

Toxicity is Twitter's moat.

Its like people going to watch UFC fight, or boxing or something like that. Niceties aren't addictive. You need controversies, trolling and fighting all over to attract people.

That's why people go to Twitter. Not to post Birthday and Vacation pictures.

Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says

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Post by basch »

Karellen wrote: post #132

OK, I'm just old and don't understand the draw of walled-garden social media, but why do people need different walled gardens for (micro)blogs, pictures, and video? Or, why doesn't Meta make the Facebook platform better at doing the things that Instagram and now Threads do, instead of creating separate platforms for each? If the goal is to get people to sign up and connect with each other, doesn't network theory tell…

I’m like you, and we are wrong because what matters is the default experience.

Not the three clicks in experience, or the I changed a bunch of settings experience. Each platforms identity, the people it draws, the social norms, it’s purpose; is derived from its default experience.

Each identity creates a brand, and the brand is the meme communicated between people. What’s hip and in is a function of brand awareness.

Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says

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Post by basch »

rchaud wrote: post #141
Karellen wrote: post #132

OK, I'm just old and don't understand the draw of walled-garden social media, but why do people need different walled gardens for (micro)blogs, pictures, and video? Or, why doesn't Meta make the Facebook platform better at doing the things that Instagram and now Threads do, instead of creating separate platforms for each? If the goal is to get people to sign up and connect with each other, doesn't network theory tell…

> why do people need different walled gardens for (micro)blogs, pictures, and video 10 years ago, Facebook was where young people would post PG-rated pics (family members in the network). IG would be where they'd post themselves acting stupid. 20 years ago, they'd have used Facebook for this, because it was restricted to university students, no real risk of leakage to the outside world.

I’d say originally Instagram was a mobile camera app when fzz as rebook had a horrendous mobile experience.

“It just worked” and it was stripped down and simple. Take a photo, post it.

Now Instagram is feature bloated, so it’s time to launch a primitive stripped down platform again to see what direction this one grows in, instead of trying to redesign the old one. It’s a soft reboot.

Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says

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Post by Karellen »

rchaud wrote: post #141
Karellen wrote: post #132

OK, I'm just old and don't understand the draw of walled-garden social media, but why do people need different walled gardens for (micro)blogs, pictures, and video? Or, why doesn't Meta make the Facebook platform better at doing the things that Instagram and now Threads do, instead of creating separate platforms for each? If the goal is to get people to sign up and connect with each other, doesn't network theory tell…

> why do people need different walled gardens for (micro)blogs, pictures, and video 10 years ago, Facebook was where young people would post PG-rated pics (family members in the network). IG would be where they'd post themselves acting stupid. 20 years ago, they'd have used Facebook for this, because it was restricted to university students, no real risk of leakage to the outside world.

Isn't that what groups are for? Facebook has groups, right?

You and your mates create a private group for pics of each other acting stupid, and that's where you post them. How is the leakage risk different from using a different walled garden?

Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says

#157

Post by thomond »

Emma_Goldman wrote: post #135
thomond wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But it does have a website: https://www.threads.net/@zuck Is the website read-only or something?

Click through onto specific posts, and it reads: "Get the app to like, reply and post." I suppose this is so it can, like Twitter, be shared and embedded elsewhere for reference. There is no general landing page if you go to threads.net.

I can click through to post and view the replies. I'm in the EU so I can't create an account, that might explain the difference.

Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says

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Post by ideamotor »

Gordonjcp wrote: post #47
Mordisquitos wrote: post #34

Much as I despise Meta, I have to say that the article doesn't really say the same thing as the headline and it appears to be pure clickbait to me. Compare: > Meta will nuke your Instagram account if you delete Threads profile with > Meta explains: “You may deactivate your Threads profile at any time, but your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account.” The title seems to imply that a use…

> Is that shitty user-hostile behaviour from Meta? Absolutely yes — but not that shitty. I think you're reading too much into it. "Shitty user-hostile behaviour" would be "Muahahahaha, if anyone ever wants to get rid of their Threads account they must also *delete their Instagram account*, hahahaha, the world is MINE! MINE, I TELL YOU!" Is that scenario more or less likely than "fuck it, just use the Insta signup ser…

They have enough highly paid engineers they should be able to write an entirely new authorization system in binary in ten minutes.

Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says

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Post by imbnwa »

Mordisquitos wrote: post #85
Gordonjcp wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Is that shitty user-hostile behaviour from Meta? Absolutely yes — but not that shitty. I think you're reading too much into it. "Shitty user-hostile behaviour" would be "Muahahahaha, if anyone ever wants to get rid of their Threads account they must also *delete their Instagram account*, hahahaha, the world is MINE! MINE, I TELL YOU!" Is that scenario more or less likely than "fuck it, just use the Insta signup ser…

I don't know. I think that users being able to harmlessly deactivate their Threads account but not delete their profile is evidence against that hypothesis. Surely the ability to delete something is one of the most basic features? All the more so if Threads just depends on Instagram for auth. My bet is that the decision to not allow the user to delete only their Threads profile has been fully intentional. The last th…

Its absolutely this and I am shocked at the amount of people coming to the defense of Meta here, like, its not users' jobs to figure that a new app is actually the old app but in a different skin, and merely saying "an Instagram app" wasn't clear enough in obviating it was the same social media account. That's on Meta, not on users.
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