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

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I wonder though why did they use IG platform and not FB platform? Has FB platform grown so bad that it can't be used for implementing new things anymore?

Because Instagram is pseudo-anonymous and Facebook is not.

They wanted Twitter users many of whom use pseudoynms to migrate across.

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

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a) Meta Threads which is unrelated to Meta, Threads or apps is trademarked in May, 2018. [1] b) Threads.com raises Seed round back in Oct, 2018. [2] c) Meta acquires Meta Threads trademark in Nov, 2021. d) Threads as a trademark itself has been widely used well before Threads.com. [3] [1] https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/threads-aa50/company... [2] https://trademarks.justia.com/878/42/meta-87842532.html [3] ht…

Not sure how A C, D are relevant, trademarks pertain only to a specific category. Meta Threads was trademarked for luggage and backpacks. It'll be interesting to see if threads.com has a trademark.

It's more just interesting history.

But D is relevant because of course trademarks are highly specific to a category.

And so Threads (social network) would be considered different to Threads (business chat).

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

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From what I have seen so far Threads seems to have been an incredibly rushed and premature launch, done directly to counter Twitter's missteps from the last few weeks. And the decision is proving to be the absolute correct one. What I don't understand is why Bluesky didn't seize the opportunity first. People were literally banging on their doors begging to be let in and they continued to go "sorry we are exclusive, i…

A social network being invite-only is such an obvious non-starter that I genuinely can't imagine the conversation that went into that decision. Assuming the basic underlying tech works more often that not (and ideally some story for community moderation), there's literally nothing I want from a Twitter competitor other than having everyone on it . My interest in a Twitter competitor that is invite-only is and will al…

I feel like there's some room for an invite-only period that's useful, but it needs to be short. Unless you've somehow got an amazingly complete test suite, you're likely to run into scaling problems and show stopper bugs with early users, and limiting user count temporarily allows you to see and fix some of those before you become known for your failure conditions. But you also don't want to linger in invite-only, and lose the hype. IMHO, maybe 2-6 weeks of invite only is fine.

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

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post #236
post #204

From what I have seen so far Threads seems to have been an incredibly rushed and premature launch, done directly to counter Twitter's missteps from the last few weeks. And the decision is proving to be the absolute correct one. What I don't understand is why Bluesky didn't seize the opportunity first. People were literally banging on their doors begging to be let in and they continued to go "sorry we are exclusive, i…

Google Plus (invite only) failed in a similar way.

Did it? I’ve not seen any updates on the lawsuits that claim that Facebook and Google colluded but I could have easily missed something.

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

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post #226

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Why has everyone on here been comparing Threads to Twitter when threads.com literally says its a Slack alternative for makers ? The product has absolutely nothing to do with a Twitter style social network. Edit: lol so FAANG just steals any and all actively used product names now. Got it.

Threads.com != Threads( twitter clone ) by meta

I think it is branded as Threads by Instagram.

One Google Play Store, Threads the chat app has "not affiliated with Threads by Instagram" in their listing. I wonder if they are getting lots of downloads by confused people.

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

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I don't have an Instagram account so I tried to create one to try Threads. I used my real name and phone number but it was instantly banned as soon as it was created. I submitted an appeal, which required a selfie taken while holding a piece of paper with my username on it, which I provided. The next day I got an automated email that the selfie wasn't "acceptable" (no further elaboration) and that I was permanently banned from Instagram with no route for further appeal. So overall, not the most seamless onboarding experience I've ever seen.

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

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post #256

I don't have an Instagram account so I tried to create one to try Threads. I used my real name and phone number but it was instantly banned as soon as it was created. I submitted an appeal, which required a selfie taken while holding a piece of paper with my username on it, which I provided. The next day I got an automated email that the selfie wasn't "acceptable" (no further elaboration) and that I was permanently b…

When I signed up for Twitter I had something similar happen. Banned for life by an automated system, probably because I was using a vpn, with no option to appeal

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

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Still hear about it, but its either “No one is there” from people on it or “I can’t get an invite” from people not.

Mind boggling how even with prior knowledge and multiple opportunities, they replicated the Google plus mistake to the minutiae.

I actually don’t hate the idea but it’s the rigid sticking to it that’s the dumb part. The rate limiting clusterfuck was such a perfect opportunity to go “OK everyone here’s a hundred invites valid for the next 48 hours go wild”. Still feels like a club since you have to get an invite and creates an impetus on users to get these invites sent out ASAP.

I actually figured that this was the strategy, but now that they let that golden moment pass them by I now realise that nobody there has any idea what the fuck they’re doing.

Guess Jack just wants it to be a haven for all the worst blue checkmark behaviour of Twitter, in which case I commend him for creating a containment website.

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