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Re:Threads profiles can't be deleted without removing your e... by jimmySixDOF on Thursday July 06, 2023 @08:07PM (#36625143)
How 1984 is that ?
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Re:Threads profiles can't be deleted without removing your e... by zdragnar on Thursday July 06, 2023 @08:31PM (#36625349)
There are many examples floating about of Threads being very paternalistic regarding what opinions are allowed. This instance, however, is just "bad automated system fails basic scenario".

OP never even had a chance to engage in thought crimes.

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Re:Threads profiles can't be deleted without removing your e... by cyanydeez on Saturday July 08, 2023 @06:42AM (#36643152)
He's just not worth the ad dollars vs spammer equation
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Re:Threads profiles can't be deleted without removing your e... by debesyla on Thursday July 06, 2023 @08:19PM (#36625243)
Not at all. (Unless you count all distopian scenarios as "1984".)
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Re:Threads profiles can't be deleted without removing your e... by antod on Thursday July 06, 2023 @10:44PM (#36626414)
Seems more "Brazil" to me.
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Re:Threads profiles can't be deleted without removing your e... by yieldcrv on Saturday July 08, 2023 @11:35AM (#36645389)
On a scale of what Orwell imagined in the 1940s about the year 1984?

a 1 out of 10

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