Unable to create a new IG account for my business. Keeps telling me my IP is suspicious. There is no way to reach a human and complain. It's absolutely useless!
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They have enough highly paid engineers they should be able to write an entirely new authorization system in binary in ten minutes.
> have enough highly paid engineers Throw enough highly paid engineers at it and it will take 10 months.
Oh I could tell you a "throw enough engineers" at it story...
Re: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says
#333I 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…
Had a very similar experience with creating Instagram account a while back. It's pretty stupid but in the end I think it was for the better.
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I cant come up with an explanation why it wouldnt be. On the moral side, its clearly a no go to sell your friends stuff/data. On the practical side, its really hard to argue that you are not aware this is happening. Can you elaborate?
One of them probably installed WhatsApp and added everyone in their contacts to WhatsApp. When these companies are actively trying to trick their users, can you really blame the users?
I warned everyone in my circles about that before removing WhatsApp prior to their privacy policy changes post FB takeover.
Yes, it's entirely on the people who decided it's OK to share my data with FB.
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#335Meta 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 just want your government id. It makes their data set more valuable to advertisers. So the extort it out of you after you're partly invested in the platform. The security thing is just cover. That is why they often demand your phone number later too. If the demanded it during signup you'd know the deal you were making and would probably back out. So they do it after you're invested so you have something to lose…
Seems very plausible, but: [citation needed]
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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
Mark zuckerberg has literally built a monopoly of social media, lmao. At this point, since they've acquired such a large amount of users (2 billion), they can release anything and people will use it.
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One of them probably installed WhatsApp and added everyone in their contacts to WhatsApp. When these companies are actively trying to trick their users, can you really blame the users?
They still did not have to click that button. This isnt a get out of jail free card, intention only gets you so far. There is a reason stupidity doesnt protect against punishment. You are expected to pay attention when effecting on other people. edit: This is a lot like getting signed up for some multilevel marketing scam by a friend. They better be really sorry and you better reevaluate the spare key you gave that s…
Not everyone is as savvy as us and knows of all the consequences. Facebook is exceptional at tricking people. It's their entire business model basically.
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#338Completely tangential to the article itself, TechCrunch's privacy controls are also extremely user hostile. First it prompts you with the usual consent banner but of course doesn't provide a button to refuse all unless you click through to a second screen (this is in violation of the GDPR and ePrivacy guidelines btw, the "reject all" button needs to be front and center and must be given as much weight as an "accept a…
> I'm not pointing out that these are in violation because I think US companies should be beholden to EU law US companies doing business in the EU should be and are beholden to the EU law.
I didn't say I don't think that. I said that's not why I'm pointing it out.
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Threads will probably integrate with the AT Proto at some point anyway...
Needs to be the other way around IMO. Everyone has standardized on ActivityPub, and Bluesky should follow suit.
That defeats the entire purpose of Bluesky, also ActivityPub is objectively worse…
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Can you please stop posting flamewar comments to HN? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for, and we eventually have to ban such accounts.
I've banned some of the other accounts who were posting flamebait stuff in this thread, because they didn't have much history and some look like serial trolls. I don't want to ban your account because it's been around for a while, so if you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and use this site in the intended spirit, we'd be grateful.