Meta is starting to ramp up its growth-hacking tactics for Threads in a bid to boost engagement on the Twitter competitor.
There’s a way to opt out… I did it six years ago. No regrets at all.
I don’t see any ads for threads, because I haven’t used Facebook for like 5 years now lol
and there’s no way to opt out
Allow me to show you a way to opt out
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.
If not everyone using messenger, I would. I’m not using Facebook tho, but it doesn’t help much
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.
Just use the Messenger app or messenger.facebook.com then, you won’t see Threads promotions nor be exposed to other Facebook stuff
I don’t know anyone who uses messenger WhatsApp sure but messenger? Really?
Any company run by Mumsnet huns seems to use it by default…
That is Muricans’ way of life.
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.
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.
I use Facebook Messenger but not Facebook or Treads, just set up bare minimum profile and highest privacy settings.
Sure there is… stop using Facebook.
Or be European.
Norwegians are European and they don’t have the ban on Threads.
Now I think they should be using VPNs.
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.
I’m just surprised that people are surprised that meta will promote platform A (that they own) on platform B (that they own).
No way to opt out. How about leave
Just fucking leave! Do it! Delete FB and hit the gym!
Hit the lawyer, deleted gym, Facebook up…
I stopped it by using this simple trick.
DELETED MY ACCOUNT AND THEN THE APP
I opted out almost 8 years ago be deleting my Facebook account. I would highly recommend.
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.
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.
Arent threads suposed to support federation is rhis meta just trying to take over and kill the only credible threat they face?
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
For me it’s been injected into the feed. At first I didn’t realize it wasn’t instagram when clicking on the photo.
What’s wrong with that…? Is anyone surprised?
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’.
What’s Threads?
No, nevermind, I don’t want to know.
Agreed. That movie was quite disturbing to me as a youth…
I can show you some Threads videos from Mexico recorded in a very low quality camera
It’s all one app.
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