Automatically creating a shadow account for everyone on Instagram?
Even allowing people to follow that account?
Sounds like they really wanted to push Threads out the door in a big way.
I don't see anything wrong with this
Add far I remember they did something similar for Facebook/meta/"insert new name here" back then, I remember someone made a lawsuit.
I'm surprised that people think it would be different...
They're so gross lol
I assumed this was the case and that any reporting on "users" and the "historical" nature of their short time to 10M users was 100% BS.
I think the strategy is great and I would do the same that they are doing, except I'd leave out the bit where I crowed about reaching 10M users in 7 hour or 100M in a few days. It's too obviously a lie supported by the ability to leverage one network into another.
So they peer pressure Insta users to use Threads?
Yeah I heard about a user whose boyfriend had friends and sent an invite on the app. The only problem, the boyfriend hadn't created a threads account.
I don't see anybody posting there after the first day, save for brand and meme pages
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