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

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Post by CaptWillard »

Mordisquitos wrote: post #34

Much 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…

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.

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

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Post by Karellen »

OK, I'm just old and don't understand the draw of walled-garden social media, but why do people need different walled gardens for (micro)blogs, pictures, and video?

Or, why doesn't Meta make the Facebook platform better at doing the things that Instagram and now Threads do, instead of creating separate platforms for each? If the goal is to get people to sign up and connect with each other, doesn't network theory tell us that one platform with 100% of the users is more valuable than two networks each with 75% of the users and a 50% overlap?

As a user, if you know a bunch of people on one platform, why not just post your text thoughts, pictures, and videos, all to the same place?

OK, maybe your goal is to get as many total people following you as possible, and there are some people on platform A who aren't on platform B, and vice-versa, so you're on both. But why post half your stuff to A and half to B, rather than posting everything to both?

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

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Post by yakireev »

bko wrote: post #117
stareatgoats wrote: post #97

Since FB this spring deleted my account since 16 years for no reason (that they would say) I have to my surprise experienced a kind of freedom, a calm serenity. After the initial feeling of being insulted and shut out from my circle of friends and family through no fault of mine I have gradually come to realize a few things: 1. there are other, better ways to stay in contact with with people I care about than through…

That's great and all, but my kids daycare posts photos on a private Facebook channel. Oh and birthday parties come in on Facebook. And I sold stuff on Facebook marketplace that I wasn't able to sell ok craigslist. It's just a useful ubiquitous app. You can use the features you like. I don't see what the point of taking such an absolutist stance decrying the app as evil. Im just trying to raise a few kids, go to some…

> Im just trying to raise a few kids, go to some parties and sell some junk around the house

None of these things should require selling your soul or firstborn rights to Facebook, right? But somehow it does, and we should be angry at this.

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

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Post by flipdot »

I feel like the HN title here is misleading. You can’t delete your Threads profile, you can only delete your Instagram account and your Threads sub-account will follow.

Also this is quite clearly stated inside the Threads app: “Some settings, such as deleting your account, apply to both Threads and Instagram and can be managed on Instagram”.

Deactivating your Threads account, on the other hand, will not affect your Instagram account in any way, this warning is there in the corresponding Settings section as well.

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

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Post by Emma_Goldman »

thomond wrote: post #124
Emma_Goldman wrote: post #22

I still can't believe it's app-only, that there's no desktop version. I refuse to wall off parts of the internet into silos that I have to enter through downloadable portals.

But it does have a website: https://www.threads.net/@zuck Is the website read-only or something?

Click through onto specific posts, and it reads: "Get the app to like, reply and post."

I suppose this is so it can, like Twitter, be shared and embedded elsewhere for reference.

There is no general landing page if you go to threads.net.

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

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Post by josephd79 »

schuyler2d wrote: post #108
unmole wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> They want your selfies for facial recognition in order to track you better across the web How on earth does facial recognition help with tracking someone across the web?

Retail store outlet surveillance video used to advertise to past store visitors

Similar to beacon advertising but instead of bluetooth it'll use your face.

"Welcome back Jim!"

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

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Post by josephd79 »

samwillis wrote: post #18

its clear Meta are trying quite hard to piggyback Threads off the more palatable brand of Instagram rather than Facebook. However ultimately it's all still the same company, the same data mining and ad/influencing platform. It's an interesting strategy, the app on the Apple App Store is published by "Instagram Inc" rather than Meta, prominently named as "Threads, an Instagram App". They could have launched it as a co…

Makes sense, targeting the younger crowd. They're on 'Insta' not Facebook.

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

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Post by iamdamian »

CaptWillard wrote: post #131
Mordisquitos wrote: post #34

Much 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…

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.

If the point of the article is that the two profiles are linked in a way the author doesn't like, then the headline should just say that.

As written, it seems to be completely wrong.

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

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Post by o1y32 »

nmltprand wrote: post #27
safety1st wrote: post #16

Meta 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 want your selfies for facial recognition in order to track you better across the web and possibly resell that information to third parties. Also a great dataset for "AI" training, so your face can appear in modified form in laundered pictures.

For this reason I decided to give up Instagram completely -- my account was flagged for whatever reason that I cannot possibly understand, and I would rather not use the service than give them my selfie

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

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Post by yomlica8 »

safety1st wrote: post #16

Meta 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 instead of them.

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