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[–] Itty53@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

"had to be true, I saw it on the news" is an extremely naive take.

Journalist's are experts in one thing. It isn't technology or social media. Go hop on threads, there's not half the population of the US participating FFS. It's patently obvious. Moreover it isn't illegal. Why wouldn't they misreport?

[–] scribs@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

participating =/= signed up at check it out at one point

[–] Itty53@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Being followed by an idiot != Signing up an account

I can create a billion accounts on my social media instance. Should that matter? No? So why does it matter that Meta did?

[–] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Do you have any evidence at all that Instagram accounts who have a follower that signed up for Threads are being included in this number?

Also, lying to your investors is very illegal, actually, and just about the single most reliable way for a rich person to actually go to jail. Just ask Elizabeth Holmes.

[–] GreatBigJerk@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Instagram has like over a billion users. They definitely aren't automatically signing people up.

[–] dartilyart@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Don’t know if they are or not but remember they can’t offer threads in all of Europe so if they were automatically signing accounts up they couldn’t include European accounts