As horrible as this obviously is, it's also quite clever.

Well, it's basically an extension to your insta account. So I imagine when you sign up, it sends requests to others you know to make it seem like everybody uses it.

It’s funny how people continue to think that joining threads is optional.

big numbers for ego boosting headlines and ad sales

They did this with Facebook accounts to instagram too. My brother has never downloaded instagram yet he's my top follow suggestion all the time and it just uses his Facebook profile picture automatically

I have only an Instagram account, checked just now with a friend who has instagram, Facebook, and now threads. He cannot find me on threads at all, so either this isn't done to EVERYONE on Instagram, or these are just baseless rumors being spread around.

yuck!

I don't see anybody posting there after the first day, save for brand and meme pages