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

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Post by lakomen »

Fuck Meta, Threads, Instagram and Facebook. I had to get this off my chest.

Facebook especially is a content propagation platform for right wing ideology, almost as much as TikTok.

At least if you're in Germany. The amount of racist, black people hating, pro AfD propaganda, directly or indirectly is absurd. And all reports of those get rejected.

There are Facebook groups, public, with post after post of foreigner and ethnic hate. Meta does absolutely nothing. In fact, it even suggests me more of content like it.

Instagram has hardcore porn, when reported, the report is rejected.

The while company needs to be sued into bankruptcy.

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

#352

Post by lakomen »

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…

Facebook has the dating feature. I created a profile. Gave some up- and downvotes and comments. After a while of doing so a pop-up with "dating needs to be a safe place" I need to verify my identity via a video call. Are you shitting me? I didn't even do VideoID when I created a new bank account, surely I'll trust the biggest data grabbing company on the planet and give them money worth content in form of VideoID. My account was an Instagram account from 2015 which I used to create the Facebook account. That was my 2nd attempt on dating. The 1st was uninteresting. A month later, after I had deleted my instagram account I tried again and the result is what I wrote just now. The 1st attempt had no such obstacles.

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

#353

Post by lakomen »

kramerger wrote: post #342
dorkwood wrote: post #278

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I couldn’t log in to Instagram for over a year due to a bug with my account. At first, there was no recourse. Then, they released Meta Verified, which offered customer support for a monthly subscription fee. It took about 50 emails back and forth (most some version of “I’m sorry, there’s nothing we can do”) before they finally fixed it for me. I deleted it shortly after. I really hope all the developers and artists I…

At least you could close your account. My twitter account is banned. Not sure why as I've never used it. I can neither activate it or delete it, or contact support, as they all require a working account. Their entire system is falling apart, but maybe this one is intentional.

Same. Banned at the moment of creation.

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

#354

Post by lakomen »

ipsum2 wrote: post #236
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…

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

Google+ was excellent until they started to copy Facebook and be Postcentric vs Commentcentric

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

#355

Post by nojs »

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…

For what it’s worth, the same thing happened to me and after about 4 or 5 rounds of take a selfie, get approved, get instantly banned again I was finally approved for good. And it has worked ever since.

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

#357

Post by 2muchcoffeeman »

bitcharmer wrote: post #334
2muchcoffeeman wrote: post #322

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

There are so many people that could have your number.

That one plumber you called that one time, who added your number to their phone could have added everyone in their contact list to WhatsApp.

Maybe you did a favour for someone and helped out their cousin and you gave the cousin your number and never talked to them again.

Maybe you had a friend you lost touch with and their number changed but they kept their address book.

You told absolutely everyone? Are you sure? Absolutely everyone and stressed to them how important this was to them?

Worse, are these replies which completely lack empathy. Such a lack of imagination as to how your number could leak. And a tone as if no one has anything else going on in their lives or more important things to do.

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

#358

Post by yieldcrv »

jimmySixDOF wrote: post #305
londons_explore wrote: post #280

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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,…

How 1984 is that ?

On a scale of what Orwell imagined in the 1940s about the year 1984, 74 years ago?

a 1 out of 10

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

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Post by 12907835202 »

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,…

I can't believe that's true. I have friends who make new accounts all the time for jokes or memes. I don't think they're putting a huge amount of effort into it.

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

#360

Post by mrkramer »

carlossouza wrote: post #325
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…

Makes you wonder about Jack’s luck/skill ratio in Twitter launch. After seeing Bluesky so far, it may be higher than what most thought…

Kevin Systrom (Instagram founder) worked at Twitter in the early days and he said that Jack was super smart and hard working which I doubt with all respect to the Twitter. He grandiosely failed at managing Vine which was supposed to be TikTok before TikTok. Vine could've been bigger money making machine that Twitter is or was. Also If I was Twitter CEO, I would've acquired popular blog platform Medium which was founded by Twitter co-founder and then I would build massive ad-network (Twitter, Vine and Medium) which could stand up against Facebook's and Google's ad business at least in the eyes of advertisers if not investors.

Also Zuckerberg wanted to acquire Twitter in the 2008 for $500m because in his paranoid head, he was scared that perhaps Twitter could overtake Facebook. Let me be clear, Zuckerberg is cutthroat competitor that doesn't care about anything except success. And looking at the Zuckerberg's track-record he won't let go this massive opportunity which is basically to kill off Twitter with Threads without much effort because Twitter is and was imploding for a very long time.

One side-note about Kevin Systrom; he said that back in the day when he co-founded Instagram, he didn't hear and know about AWS. So I must come to the conclusion in this ad-hoc way that not all successful founders know what they are doing and yea there is a lot of luck involved. And btw he is a Stanford graduate?! What is Stanford teaching these "kids"?

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