just facebook doing facebook things.
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
#182Doesn't look good that this is front page news fresh off the launch, lmao
Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#183Doesn't look good that this is front page news fresh off the launch, lmao
Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#184This looks like it’s purely about gaming signup metrics for Threads. Make it easy to try, create a huge disincentive to cancel, and suddenly you have a wildly successful, “sticky” app.
Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#185They obviously piggy-backed excessively off of Instagram and the limitations are very annoying (at least for now). I wonder how much of the decision to link Threads so tightly with Instagram was for technical reasons and speed to launch. Because I could also see them wanting to use their Instagram user base to seed the new app, as opposed to their older and probably more conservative Facebook user base.
Yup. It would have been an absolute minion-fest if they piped in the FB crowd.
Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#186rule of thumb is never register with your name, always use throwaway emails and accounts.
that way social media will never have leverage over you.
threads app gathers more data than TikTok ( https://twitter.com/deepaksonar911/status/167674841107126681... )
Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#187Much 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…
Since Threads is a separate app and logging in with Instagram was effectively a form of single sign on, it will be interesting to see how long this lasts.
It is unacceptable because it’s entirely intentional and avoidable, and in no way a best practice that benefits the users but instead the platform.
For the non technical - It’s interesting that a new profile can be generated from an Instagram account but all those fields are intentionally not being made to be removed.
Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#188Earlier quoted context omitted.
How the IG profile gets "nuked" is really a side point. The relevant bit is the completely non-intuitive (and one could assume unnecessary) marriage of the two profiles.
There is no threads account. There is no way to make a threads account. You sign in with ig. Threads really appears to be a subset of barebones and stripped down ig. Calling it a marriage of accounts seems misleading, it’s really just another Instagram client with rebooted follow list, that only lets you see posts from the new client. The article title is absolutely written in a misleading and inflammatory way to sor…
This is a nice explanation, thanks.
For the user though threads is a separate app.
And the login is a form of single sign on.
Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#189If you can deactivate your account, I don't see what the problem is - they're the same login after all so I don't see why it would be surprising that you can't delete the login to one without deleting the other. The purpose of deleting an account (versus deactivating) is to remove your records with that company so what would the purpose of deleting just a Threads account be?
>The purpose of deleting an account (versus deactivating) is to remove your records with that company so what would the purpose of deleting just a Threads account be?
... to delete your records on Threads.
Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#190If you can deactivate your account, I don't see what the problem is - they're the same login after all so I don't see why it would be surprising that you can't delete the login to one without deleting the other. The purpose of deleting an account (versus deactivating) is to remove your records with that company so what would the purpose of deleting just a Threads account be?
>The purpose of deleting an account (versus deactivating) is to remove your records with that company so what would the purpose of deleting just a Threads account be? ... to delete your records on Threads.
To set “isDeleted” to true on Threads.