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Automatically creating a shadow account for everyone on Instagram?

Even allowing people to follow that account?

Sounds like they really wanted to push Threads out the door in a big way.

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[-] softpboy@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

For what I've heard they reserve existing Instagram usernames so no one can register with your Instagram username, so it's not as bad at it might sound

[-] ihsan@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You cannot register a new username on Threads only. Threads username = Instagram username. If the username is already taken on Instagram, then it is also not available on Threads.

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