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-square49fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1164arrow-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-square49fedilinkfile-text
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?
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?