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and there’s no way to opt out
Allow me to show you a way to opt out
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.
If not everyone using messenger, I would. I'm not using Facebook tho, but it doesn't help much
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.
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.
No way to opt out. How about leave
Just fucking leave! Do it! Delete FB and hit the gym!
Hit the lawyer, deleted gym, Facebook up....
I stopped it by using this simple trick.
DELETED MY ACCOUNT AND THEN THE APP
Does that matter? Facebook, Insta and Threads are all owned by the same company.
Why shouldn't they merge them all together? Gmail sends appointments, flights, etc to Google Calendar. Should I be outraged by that too?
If you're still oversharing on Facebook at this point, you know what you're getting into. Even those that post that nonsense "I do NOT give Facebook permission" spam that highlights everyone vulnerable to other scams.
I opted out almost 8 years ago be deleting my Facebook account. I would highly recommend.
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.
Arent threads suposed to support federation is rhis meta just trying to take over and kill the only credible threat they face?
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
It's all one app.
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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.
The company that everyone warned would ruin the threads platform is ruining the threads platform? Oh no. Anyway,
They're also doing the same on Instagram.
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.
Threads still exists? People still use Threads?
Imagine still using fucking Facebook in the year of the Christians lord 2023
There is a way to opt out. Stop using FB.
Do they really want the people who stayed on Facebook that drove out the initial wave of cool users to go to their new site and drove people away too?
I don't really understand Facebook's logic here. It's widely known that throwing money at a social networking site doesn't create sustainable growth, see Google Plus as an example.
Besides, it seems to me that Threads is just filled with blue checked celeb accounts nowadays and they (usually their social media person) barely ever post anything there, nevermind anything interesting or funny, and I don't think people actually care for that at all.
Someone in a boardroom probably had a neat bar graph and PowerPoint describing how getting Grandma into IG is going to make them a fortune.
"no way to opt out"
laughs in no account