0x815@feddit.de to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agoMeta appears to automatically create Threads shadow accounts for everyone on Instagram and allows users to follow those shadowsnewsie.socialexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1156arrow-down1external-linkMeta appears to automatically create Threads shadow accounts for everyone on Instagram and allows users to follow those shadowsnewsie.social0x815@feddit.de to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSaltySalamander@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoAt this point it’s just willful ignorance.
minus-squarepvr@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI am kind of disheartened at the amount of people that do not understand how this works and just scream “Meta = bad”.
minus-squareJakwithoutac@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoNo, it’s just that users don’t like systems where you have to opt out by default. Like you used to have to opt out of shitty marketing emails after a purchase, but then we changed that to opt in and everyone is happier.
minus-squareSaltySalamander@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI guess it’s a god thing you have to opt in to Threads, huh?
At this point it’s just willful ignorance.
I am kind of disheartened at the amount of people that do not understand how this works and just scream “Meta = bad”.
No, it’s just that users don’t like systems where you have to opt out by default. Like you used to have to opt out of shitty marketing emails after a purchase, but then we changed that to opt in and everyone is happier.
I guess it’s a god thing you have to opt in to Threads, huh?