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[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 143 points 1 year ago

It's a joke. She's not associated with Threads at all. Her bio describes her as "Editor in chief of Threads," which isn't a thing.

There's enough to loath about Threads (and the Zuckbot), we don't need to worry about nonsense.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 73 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

AFAIK it's a "parody" account, right? It's verified though so what's the point of verification on Threads?

[–] Kara@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Katie Notopoulos is a senior technology reporter for BuzzFeed News, so I assume that verification carried over from her Instagram account

[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

That's...not something Buzzfeed should be caught dead saying, either, though. You're supposed to give your real name, but it makes way more sense for this to be a parody rather than someone who's about to be called into the office tomorrow. Not that either of those options make this more fun to read.

[–] AboveYou5280@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I don't know anything about Threads, but I'm guessing money gets you verified over there.

[–] macawire@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is this real? Don’t want to get Threads to find out.

[–] IronHighway@lemmy.world 71 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It’s a real post but the person is fake. There is no such thing as an “editor in chief of threads.” This is a user from Bluesky who is trolling Threads. She posted her threads on Bluesky earlier today.

Here is her profile on Bluesky.

[–] TornadoRex@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] notatoad@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Here's how we learn the difference between "real" and "true"

[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why? Because it has a blue check mark? Have we learned nothing from Twitter? Every post in that account reads like a complete parody.

I’m going to refrain from eating the Onion here and assume anyone who uses the phrase “Nazi lifestyle” is absolutely trolling until proven otherwise.

[–] TornadoRex@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t know who the person is, but the Tweet or Thread or whatever is real.

[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“If the person is real/who they say they are” is literally the only part that matters. Everything else about this is immediately rendered unimportant and uninteresting if this isn’t who they are purporting to be.

[–] TornadoRex@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, ok. Good to know.

I found it interesting that it hadn’t been deleted yet. Apparently that offended you. My bad.

[–] jacktherippah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

What...how...why?

[–] EtherealZucchini@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

There’s enough to complain about without sensationalist bullshit sheesh

[–] Myzornis@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago
[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A party with no standards. Hard pass.

Edit: looks like it is not a Threads employee. Whether that changes my opinion of the party's standards is open for debate.

[–] varzaman@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How are so many of you guys falling for this? For real lol.

I swear some of you look for things to be angry about.

[–] Frog-Brawler@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

She’s a reporter for Buzzfeed.

[–] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would be very on-character from Meta...

[–] Xeelee@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

But they never say the quiet part out loud.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This cannot be real. Is it?