This might help explain the spectacular launch of Threads
from MusketeerX@lemmy.world to fediverse@lemmy.world on 08 Jul 2023 20:36
https://lemmy.world/post/1212739

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.

#fediverse

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Goldmaster@lemmy.ml on 16 Sep 2024 17:43 collapse

This happened to me. Joined threads and what do I see? Signal and instantly had a bunch of random accounts follow me.

I think I’m sticking to Mastodon and Pixelfed.