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Meta appears to automatically create Threads shadow accounts for everyone on Instagram and allows users to follow those shadows (newsie.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Who is surprised?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, it’s like being upset that your Facebook friends show up in Facebook Messenger.

WhatsApp is a standalone and separate product. “Threads, an Instagram app” is not.

Their IG profile is not visible in threads. Their username is visible to people who already follow them.

It’s not a matter of being into the whole thing, it’s a matter of people with an axe to grind being intentionally misleading about what is actually happening, and others being ignorant because they won’t bother to double check (which is reasonable, but they could at least admit their ignorance). Accurate statements are much more powerful.

Please, explain how GDPR applies. Try to be specific.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay, clearly you’re just here to to be contrary or whatever. Maybe you don’t like that people have different opinions than you. Maybe you’re a Zuck fanboy and can’t hack being on the wrong side of the fence. Maybe you’re part of some FaceBook/Meta conspiracy to brigade.

If you’re so smart and confident that you’re correct, why don’t you show me the bit where GDPR doesn’t apply? Burden of proof on the accuser and all that.

Here is a link to a search, where the first page of results is showing that when Facebook bought WhatsApp this exact same issue popped up - what was once two distinct services suddenly started sharing data, despite user dissent. We’ve seen this before, and people are pissed off just like before.

I hope you step on some Lego in a dark room. You could use that to post to your Threads account! 🤙

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You are being very aggressive for an opinion based argument.