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Threads, Meta's Twitter rival, features an intriguing stipulation: Deleting a Threads profile also terminates the Instagram account.

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[–] marcam3 46 points 2 years ago

I literally just deleted my account . Fuck threads, IG, FB, Meta and Zuck.

Nuke it on your own ! Much more satisfying!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

Wow, look at all the nothing I'd lose!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

I smell an anti-trust lawsuit in their future.

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

I unfortunately found the same thing out too when I closed my AWS account and lost my regular Amazon account. Took quite a long time for support to help undo that one.

[–] accidentalloris 2 points 2 years ago

That is... good to know

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

Society: I accept your terms.

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

Throw in your Facebook account and you have a deal. One stop shop to purge your data out of the company formerly known as Facebook.

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

My guess is it's a bug being described as a feature, but it's still really bad. Fuck Zuck!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Threads uses your Instagram account. I they aren’t two seperate things, it’s a single account.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

This will in no way cause consumers to become angry and absolutely will not cause a giant headache and back pedaling for Meta.

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

That all surprisingly sounds reasonable.

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

Now we need another new term to describe this latest stupidly ugly dynamic, when corporations don't simply enshittify their social media sites but then actually retaliate against users who try to defy them.