• @[email protected]
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      281 year ago

      Thing is, GDPR also applies in the UK and CCPA applies in California where Threads is active so legally they have to delete your profile regardless of what they say in their FAQ

      • @linoor
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        31 year ago

        I think they’re trying to make it like it’s not a separate app, but part of instagram.

    • @pexavc
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      21 year ago

      Curious, if EU based instances allow interoperability with Threads. Would this be a way for Meta to gather data on EU based users without GDPR compliance, even if Threads itself is not available in the EU?

        • @pexavc
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          21 year ago

          True, unless they may want to structure the data they’d prefer to collect maybe? If they become a primary force in this market could they impose their own “standards”? Where other instance admins would enforce locally, just to conform and grow/monetize?

  • Jaysyn
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    I’ve never used Facebook, & have their entire ad ecosystem blocked at my router. It’s wonderful.

    • @DreamlandLividity
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      Never had one in the first place… I really hope people wisen up and abandon both once they see it.

      • Porphyry
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        They won’t. At this point is this still unknown for the majority of people? Maybe I’m jaded but it seems like everyone knows they’re being farmed for data but they don’t care enough because fb/ig/everything these days is too convenient/addicting.

        • @DreamlandLividity
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          Most people tend to dismiss things tey don’t experience themselves. They don’t really see the impact of data harvesting could have. Its kind of same with climate change.

  • @jacktherippah
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    271 year ago

    Isn’t your Threads account also your Instagram account? That makes sense to me.

  • 𝕊𝕚𝕤𝕪𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕟
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    And people are seriously considering federating with Threads if it implements ActivityPub. Things have been so crazy recently that I think If Satan existed and started a Lemmy instance, probably there would still be people arguing in good faith for federating with him.

      • @RooRLoord420
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        41 year ago

        Right? You’re going to sit there and honestly tell me you wouldn’t follow the devil? Guys like Tom from MySpace, ya gotta follow him.

    • @MiddleWeigh
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      91 year ago

      Satan is just like us! Cast down from the heavens to suffer in the heat.

    • @howsetheraven
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      21 year ago

      That guy who runs all the orgies, has all the drugs, and listens to hair metal rock? I’d federate with that guy 1000 times over, I don’t know how he’s being compared to Meta.

  • tj kreem
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    211 year ago

    idk what else you expected from meta

    • @[email protected]
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      241 year ago

      Except for the fact that they’re two different things and there’s no valid reason for not letting people keep one but not the other.

      To many people, their Instagram account has become a big (and toxic, but that’s besides the point) part of their sense of self. To delete their Instagram would be to delete a significant part of their identity. Having to do that to get rid of Threads is emotional blackmail of the worst kind.

    • @[email protected]
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      161 year ago

      By that logic you’d have to delete your Google account if you want to delete any account for which you have used Google to login.

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        …do you not? To delete the data I mean, not just to make it appear deleted to everyone without access to the Google/Meta user database.

        • @[email protected]
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          41 year ago

          If you want to delete something that is part of your Google account, then yes. Like your Gmail address. But not if you want to delete your account in an entirely different service, that only uses Google for the login. I guess the problem is, that Threads is perceived (and maybe also marketed) as an independent service while it’s apparently just part of your Instagram account.

          • @[email protected]
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            51 year ago

            Might depend on who you talk to. Everyone I spoke to about it was under the same understanding that it’s integrated deeply with your Instagram account.

            I spun up my old burner Instagram account to check the platform out. They tell you that you can only change things like your name from Instagram, the app let’s you import all other profile info from Instagram, and when you login for the first time it shows you the thread profiles of everyone you follow on Instagram and gives you a button to add them all.

            It’s not just an Auth method, it’s the same account with the ability to change a few things between apps. Plenty of reasons to hate Threads, but this ain’t it.

            • @[email protected]
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              11 year ago

              Ah, I see. Totally makes sense then, yeah. Haven’t had the chance to have a closer look at Threads since it’s not out yet in the EU.

      • _thisdot
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        21 year ago

        Isn’t Threads a subset of Instagram? Do they not make it clear?

  • 👁️👄👁️
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    161 year ago

    Deleting posts after a certain date on Mastodon is definitely one of my favorite features. Of course if your monetization strategy involves user data, then they’ll never offer that option. Why would they want you to delete money from their pocket!

    • kratoz29OP
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      81 year ago

      Next genius idea, if you happen to have an account on multiple instances on the Fediverse the deletion of one will delete them all ☠️

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        Is that not how it works already? If you use the same account for multiple instances you don’t have to delete it multiple times.

  • @iamsgod
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    is it supposed to be a different apps? I thought it was supposed to be a subset of Instragram from the very beginning

      • kratoz29OP
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        31 year ago

        I wouldn’t expect that deleting my YT and Gmail account would also get rid of my Google account.

  • Lexi Sneptaur
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    111 year ago

    At least they’re utterly failing at the most important step of social media: the rug pull

    • kratoz29OP
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      41 year ago

      Not in the slightest.

  • G0FuckThyself
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    61 year ago

    Glad I don’t have an Instagram account.