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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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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year 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.

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

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

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

Just use the Messenger app or messenger.facebook.com then, you won't see Threads promotions nor be exposed to other Facebook stuff

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.