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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] 69 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's a way to opt out... I did it six years ago. No regrets at all.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

I don't see any ads for threads, because I haven't used Facebook for like 5 years now lol

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 years ago

and there’s no way to opt out

Allow me to show you a way to opt out

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Sure there is... stop using Facebook.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago

I’m just surprised that people are surprised that meta will promote platform A (that they own) on platform B (that they own).

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No way to opt out. How about leave

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just fucking leave! Do it! Delete FB and hit the gym!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Hit the lawyer, deleted gym, Facebook up....

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago

I stopped it by using this simple trick.

DELETED MY ACCOUNT AND THEN THE APP

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I opted out almost 8 years ago be deleting my Facebook account. I would highly recommend.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Arent threads suposed to support federation is rhis meta just trying to take over and kill the only credible threat they face?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Well... Of course they are.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What's wrong with that..? Is anyone surprised?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What's Threads?

No, nevermind, I don't want to know.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Be the change most of us want to see and the world needs. Stop using their products and making excuses for why you need them.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is that because no one is using Threads?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Threads was already dead when porn was banned, that's why it's so hard for people to move from twitter.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't understand why people use Twitter or Reddit for porn. There are dedicated sites for that stuff.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I think people use things like Reddit for anything because Reddit has a built in system of human curation. It's not just SEO engineered garbage fake websites like basically every search engine will yield now, or sites' internal searches pushing you to their top players instead of what you're actually searching for.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

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https://www.piped.video/watch?v=HOtgF3eCn-Y

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The company that everyone warned would ruin the threads platform is ruining the threads platform? Oh no. Anyway,

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They're also doing the same on Instagram.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Imagine still using fucking Facebook in the year of the Christians lord 2023

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

There is a way to opt out. Stop using FB.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have Instagram because in my country it's the only way to contact some businesses. And they are mingling threads posts in between the IG posts.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Threads still exists? People still use Threads?

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