Oh for sure, but it does make me wonder how accurate the sign up reports are.

Does Threads report people who actually sign up and “claim” their “shadow accounts,” or does it count actual accounts and “shadow accounts?” The former is definitely a more accurate count, while the latter is basically numbers padding.

Yeah all of this free market media we’re enjoying is the real height of journalistic integrity and quality

And writings don’t need to be physical writings either. An email signature could suffice in some circumstances.