Meta launched a new app as an alternative to Twitter — and some people are al-thread-y over it.
Threads — Twitter’s latest rival — launched late Wednesday night and over 10 million people signed up within the first seven hours of launching, Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on the app.
But people who are trying to delete their account and leave the new app are discovering that they can’t without also deleting their Instagram account, since the two link together.
The debut of Threads had users experimenting with the new platform, and some were posting that they would be abandoning Elon Musk-run Twitter for the Meta app.
Threads launches after Musk’s takeover of Twitter last year, which resulted in many changes to the user experience. Most recently, the platform placed limits on how many tweets users can view per day — with verified accounts able to read 10,000 posts per day, unverified accounts 1,000 posts and new unverified accounts 500 posts.
While some are happy to have a replacement for Twitter, others couldn’t find the joy in it and looked to delete their accounts — only to find that they would have to also delete Instagram, according to the Threads Supplemental Privacy Policy and a Help Center page.
Culled from New York Post
