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Most of the 100 million people who signed up for Threads stopped using it::"We're seeing more people coming back daily than I'd expected," Zuckerberg said.

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[–] Synthead 74 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

So we're gonna sit here and pretend that there weren't automatic sign-ups for Instagram users? They got signed up without choice. Facebook did that.

Edit: I was wrong! I remember reading about this early on, but I think I read misinformation. Sorry about that.

[–] Dnn 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Upvoted for your edit. Publicly admitting you're wrong has become too rare.

[–] remotelove 7 points 2 years ago

I have no problems publicly admitting that you are wrong.

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

I think because people's egos are more fragile than ever these days. Being wrong is like end of the world.

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