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.
this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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There's no way an app with 2 billion accounts couldn't have 1 percent of it's users take 30 seconds to sign up for a Twitter alternative they've been waiting for? Why is this such a conspiracy to people?
Because they really like conspiracies. Meta is only the regular level of evil it was before, it's not a new improved variety of evil.