Meta is starting to ramp up its growth-hacking tactics for Threads in a bid to boost engagement on the Twitter competitor.

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      11 months ago

      I don’t see any ads for threads, because I haven’t used Facebook for like 5 years now lol

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    11 months ago

    there’s no way to opt out

    Yes there is a way to opt out. Just opt out of Facebook and Meta products all together.

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      11 months ago

      If not everyone using messenger, I would. I’m not using Facebook tho, but it doesn’t help much

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        11 months ago

        Everyone has an excuse but you’ve gotta start somewhere. There are probably hundreds of ways to message people and we would all survive if Meta and it’s products vanished.

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        11 months ago

        I don’t know anyone who uses messenger WhatsApp sure but messenger? Really?

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          11 months ago

          Depends on where you live, Australia I believe use Messenger more than other applications.

          WhatsApp didn’t catch on here outside of the big cities.

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        11 months ago

        I believe you can disable your Facebook account but still use Messenger, couple of my friends don’t have a profile but can still message.

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        11 months ago

        I use Facebook Messenger but not Facebook or Treads, just set up bare minimum profile and highest privacy settings.

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      11 months ago

      You should try actually reading the article.

      The subject is Threads users having their posts shown on Facebook. So they don’t need to be using Facebook. Only Threads.

      That being said, it’s sound advice for all Meta products.

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    11 months ago

    I feel like if you’re still willing to use anything Meta has touched, you have no excuse to be surprised by this kind of thing.

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    11 months ago

    Does that matter? Facebook, Insta and Threads are all owned by the same company.

    Why shouldn’t they merge them all together? Gmail sends appointments, flights, etc to Google Calendar. Should I be outraged by that too?

    If you’re still oversharing on Facebook at this point, you know what you’re getting into. Even those that post that nonsense “I do NOT give Facebook permission” spam that highlights everyone vulnerable to other scams.

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    11 months ago

    I opted out almost 8 years ago be deleting my Facebook account. I would highly recommend.

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      I was just about to say either deleting your account or not using the service is an opt-out, but you beat me to it.

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    11 months ago

    They do it on Instagram too. I barely use Instagram as it is, but I have noticed that it’s suddenly loaded with “recommended threads” or something dumb

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      For me it’s been injected into the feed. At first I didn’t realize it wasn’t instagram when clicking on the photo.

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    11 months ago

    Arent threads suposed to support federation is rhis meta just trying to take over and kill the only credible threat they face?

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      11 months ago

      Yeah if anything they arent aggressive enough. They should force all IG users to gave threads or even replace all IG comments with threads ‘threads’.