Wilshire ( Wilshire@beehaw.org ) to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years agoThreads: Ten million join Meta's Twitter rival, Zuckerberg sayswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up116cross-posted to: tech@kbin.social
arrow-up116external-linkThreads: Ten million join Meta's Twitter rival, Zuckerberg sayswww.bbc.comWilshire ( Wilshire@beehaw.org ) to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square12linkfedilinkcross-posted to: tech@kbin.social
minus-squareSub_dermal ( Sub_dermal@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 years ago The launch has had a warm response online, with one person telling the BBC they saw Threads as a “much-needed competitor” to Twitter. One person said that? Okay, thanks BBC… I’m also curious if it’s accurate to report ten million have joined when (I believe) every Instagram user automatically gets a threads account.
minus-squarelagomorphlecture ( lagomorphlecture@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 years agoAnd can’t delete it without deleting Instagram, so unless they were deleting Instagram anyways then they will remain a Threads “user”.
minus-squarerobbotlove ( robbotlove@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoI had the same thought.
One person said that? Okay, thanks BBC…
I’m also curious if it’s accurate to report ten million have joined when (I believe) every Instagram user automatically gets a threads account.
And can’t delete it without deleting Instagram, so unless they were deleting Instagram anyways then they will remain a Threads “user”.
I had the same thought.