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Are you going to try Meta's Threads? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by edu4rdshl@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Will people here use/try Meta's #threads when available? Would love to know the reasons or if it would be just for fun/curiosity.

The amount of data collected is insane imo.

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[–] ren@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Yes! BUTTTTT I have a master plan!!!

HERE ME OUT!

I'm on Instagram and have a bunch of followers, around 200K.

SO - My plan is to squat as the IG users pick up Threads. Most people will just follow the same people from IG (Meta encourages it and it fills your feed fast).

My follower count on Threads should grow just from that alone, right?

THEN - Facebook finally federates, right?

THEN! Facebook allows for account migration to Mastodon.

First..... I migrate my @renwillis@mstdn.social account to Threads.

Finally.... Immediately migrate all my followers from Threads back to mstdn.social.

Suddenly potentially 200K are following a Mastodon account!!! MWUH-HAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!

[–] GlowingLantern@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I would wait with your master plan, until you know that Meta allows you to move your account to Mastodon. Oh yeah, and you should use a burner phone without any personal data (medical history, contacts, location, whatever "sensitive information" is, etc.) when you install the app.

[–] Champagne@masto.ai 2 points 1 year ago

@ren this would be the ideal, right? 🤞🏻

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

Kinda thinking the same route!

[–] plantgeek@geekdom.social 1 points 1 year ago

@ren hmmmm, perhaps

[–] blazarious@mylem.me 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

sometimes I miss giving awards like on Reddit...