Threads is off to a strong start, with about 25m active users a week in. It’s a lot, but it’s nowhere near Twitter numbers, even after a year of decline there. Threads becoming the new …
It’s also worth mentioning that on launch day, people in Europe were able to access it via VPN (not sure how big of a number of users that was), but they’ve since blocked those users. I’m sure that’s not a massive chunk, but it’s a chunk nonetheless
@Kinga@radarsat1 That’s weird because I only access Facebook with my VPN on via browser and it doesn’t break it. I would think all of MetaZuck’s stuff would be VPN blocked, but it’s not.
I assume they blocked people whose instagram accounts were registered in Europe maybe? I don’t actually know for sure because I didn’t look into it, but I assume it’s something along those lines
They collect all kinds of data, and it’s tied to users Instagram account. There are tons of data that could indicate given users geographical location without IP (gps, phone service provider, credit card uses, user profile, etc.)
It’s also worth mentioning that on launch day, people in Europe were able to access it via VPN (not sure how big of a number of users that was), but they’ve since blocked those users. I’m sure that’s not a massive chunk, but it’s a chunk nonetheless
How do you block people using a VPN by region? Just block the whole VPN?
Since it’s Facebook, probably by account
Big companies like Facebook can just block IPs coming from the VPNs, it’s not feasible for someone smaller but they could 100% do it
@Kinga @radarsat1 That’s weird because I only access Facebook with my VPN on via browser and it doesn’t break it. I would think all of MetaZuck’s stuff would be VPN blocked, but it’s not.
I assume they blocked people whose instagram accounts were registered in Europe maybe? I don’t actually know for sure because I didn’t look into it, but I assume it’s something along those lines
They collect all kinds of data, and it’s tied to users Instagram account. There are tons of data that could indicate given users geographical location without IP (gps, phone service provider, credit card uses, user profile, etc.)