> It's similar to how Google inflated their G+ numbers by making everyone with a Google Account automatically a G+ user
To be clear, it's not like that at all.
Instagram users aren't automatically converted into Threads users. It requires a new app and an affirmative action by the user to create their Threads account using their Instagram login credentials.
Apart from it being a separate app it is the same. There’s a one to one mapping of instagram account to thread account, so closely intertwined that deleting your threads account deletes the IG one.
When you download facebook messenger as a separate app to facebook it’s the same thing… one account two apps
I did clarify at the end of the post. The analogy with Google and Google+ is spot on, and it’s clear that this is just another app tied to your Ig account just as messenger is an app tied to your Facebook account.
Not really the same because you need to... download Threads. It's just a sign in button.
Tell me. Do you know what's Facebook Lasso? It was also a FB app that used FB login. You remember Flash app? Why it flopped? What about IGTV? Used the Instagram account....
Social graph is important, but is not the most important thing, or else every dev would be rich by just using "Login with Google".
The reason 100 million signup here is because Twitter is tanking - there's a demand for a twitter-like social-network. Doesn't mean that people gonna use Threads of course.
And anyway, the case with Google is different because you didn't needed to download anything - they turned your account into Google+. Wanna comment something on Youtube? Ops, use Google+.
To be clear, it's not like that at all.
Instagram users aren't automatically converted into Threads users. It requires a new app and an affirmative action by the user to create their Threads account using their Instagram login credentials.