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

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Post by km3r »

paxys wrote: 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…

Rushing it out the door when there is a massive Twitter (and to a lesser extent Reddit) population that is ready to jump ship now seems like the right move to me. You can always add features after, you can't ask for better timing than this.

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

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paxys wrote: 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…

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

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Post by hparadiz »

Threads isn't allowing porn or NSFW content so it's pretty much dead on arrival for many communities. Even just Ukraine war news is in many cases too violent for Meta.

The over moderation by modern platforms makes the Internet pretty worthless. There's frank discussions I simply can't have on them because the topic is too sensitive and invites trolls from all sides to abuse the content moderation system.

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

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Post by browningstreet »

I recently created an Instagram account for a project I’m involved in. Username has the word “climate” in it. I was insta-limited. They tell me I can appeal but that link errors out. Ironically, my Twitter equivalent wasn’t.

I have no idea what to think or suggest, but I say ugh to Big Social.

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

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Post by flir »

paxys wrote: post #267
passwordoops wrote: post #261

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gmail's initial period was brilliant from a social network period before social networks. After the initial beta phase, once the bugs were worked out, it was invite only from existing Gmail users

Difference is that email doesn't have any network lock-in. If I'm the only one with a gmail.com account I'm the cool kid who can email everyone still on hotmail and yahoo to make them jealous, and now they want an invite as well. If I'm the only one with a bluesky account then I'm just...shouting into the void and no one cares.

Facebook was initially .edu addresses only. It created a sense of exclusivity that had regular people desperate to join.

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

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Post by Hizonner »

londons_explore wrote: post #280
smcf wrote: 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…

They generally believe that nearly everyone living in a western nation will already be in their user database. Ie. your friends will have already uploaded your phone number to them, or you'll already have an account on one of their other products (Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram). If you are an adult and they don't have any record of you, then you're probably a fraudster, bot, scammer, or someone else they don't want,…

"Friends" is a funny word for people who give your contact information to Facebook.

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

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Post by bob-09 »

londons_explore wrote: post #283
mh- wrote: post #272

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's certainly why it failed within the circles I was in. People with access in the early days didn't have enough invites to migrate existing communities - even very small ones.

A better solution is to require two invites to sign up. And then the service provider hands out double the number of invites. But now every new user has at least 2 existing contacts on the service - so their first experience is more than just saying "hi" to the only person they know there.

I think that would be impactful, but would still create barriers to entry. I'm not one to beg for invites, so I have a hard enough time casually finding one invite, let alone two. I'd imagine a good portion of invites would get stuck in purgatory waiting for a second, all while the potential user moves on to the next thing that grabs their curiosity.

What about one invite to create an account, a second to participate?

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

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Post by tlhunter »

smcf wrote: 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…

I had the exact same experience several months ago.

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

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Post by Zetice »

paxys wrote: 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…

Threads will probably integrate with the AT Proto at some point anyway...
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