Re:Mastodon has hit 2M active users today
by vuln on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @11:28AM
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Clicking one button != signing up.
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Re:Mastodon has hit 2M active users today
by sebzim4500 on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @11:30AM
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It's not one button, they had to download an app and then auth via instagram.
I don't see how it is different from any other service where you can sign in with google/facebook/etc.
So two buttons?
> I don't see how it is different from any other service where you can sign in with google/facebook/etc.
It was an account merge. You cannot delete your threads “PROFILE” without deleting your instagram.
There is no other service which utilizes google/Facebook/etc to login that when I cancel my account on that platform I lose my google/Facebook/etc account.
From the TOS “You may deactivate your Threads profile at any time, but your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account,”
But hey, they are working on it. Ya know after all the publicity about shattering “SIGN UP” records.