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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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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For what I've heard they reserve existing Instagram usernames so no one can register with your Instagram username, so it's not as bad at it might sound

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thats the positive side, but im 99% sure that isnt why they did it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

You mean to say... They are preemptively manipulating people?? Noooo!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You cannot register a new username on Threads only. Threads username = Instagram username. If the username is already taken on Instagram, then it is also not available on Threads.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This feature can be achieved very easily by them without making accounts. They already have a list of Instagram usenames. When a new user makes an account on Threads, check the username against a simple list of Instagram usernames and if it matches, throw an error stating the username is not available.

Why does that person need to have an actual account on Threads?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Why does that person need to have an actual account on Threads?

They don’t. They just use their existing Instagram account.