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This might help explain the spectacular launch of Threads (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] 5 points 3 years ago (3 children)

I think you have nailed the reason they have not done this.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I guarantee you that's not the reason. They did/do similar shit with Facebook and people were pissed, now anyone barely remembers or cares. People don't care and facwbook/meta/zuck certainly doesn't.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    Things are more complicated than that. Spinning off of facebook was necessary. Just because you've done something once doesn't mean you do the same thing in similar-but-not-identical situations though. It's all calculation at the end of the day, and each equation has its own set of variables.

    Similar to how we're likely going to see a brand new form of attack, where instead of being EEE'd, he just tries to smother awareness of us and keep us small. Since he can't actually outright eliminate us.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    And because WhatsApp isn't popular throughout since there are also regions that almost exclusively use LINE or very heavily adopted Telegram. Not everyone uses Instagram but it's a popular choice for the kind of service it offers all over the world.

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