This might help explain the spectacular launch of Threads - eviltoast

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.

  • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I think novelty is an unfortunately large part of this. I day unfortunately because I think it’s very lame that we find creating accounts on servers providing the same service as another service we already an account on … interesting.

    “We were promised flying cars and instead got 160 characters”. Well now we’ve got 160 characters … twice?!

    Meaningless superficial cheap FOMO weaponised as advertising fodder. Shameful really.