They’re pretty much using Instagram user base to push their own Twitter replacement.
Zuckerberg is a cancer in big tech, he doesn’t create anything, he only destroys and steal your data.
Absolutely appalling. It’s a clear anti-consumer trick to lock you into Meta’s ecosystem. There’s no benefit to the end user at all. It’s just boosting Meta’s numbers so they can sell ad space for more money.
If an existing Instagram user signs up for Threads to try it out, and they decide they don’t like it, they’re stuck with the account forever anyway.
If a new user wants to try Threads, they have to sign up for Instagram too. That way, if Threads doesn’t take off, all those new users at least have Instagram accounts they might use instead.
With Facebook and Instagram, Meta has clearly shown that they’re entirely capable of making separate accounts and linking them together. They could have copied that same model with Threads. It took them more design work to make a worse user experience.
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Or they’ll delete your entire art account you’ve been using for over a decade because one user reported you aren’t you. Insta killed my account for “violating guidelines” and impersonating myself apparently. At least I don’t have to deal with Threads now, but R.I.P. my creative drive since then.
This is the biggest risk of centralized platforms in my opinion, it’s too easy to get mysteriously banned and lose access to years worth of content with no recourse. Good luck getting a human customer service agent who is actually equipped to help you.
Yeah, they’re too big to help anyone that isn’t a top earner for them. I’d like to self host a Lemmy instance for art but, my ISP sucks and I’m running low on motivation these days.
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