Meta appears to automatically create Threads shadow accounts for everyone on Instagram and allows users to follow those shadows

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i am begging fedi users to understand that threads and instagram use the same account

At this point it's just willful ignorance.

I am kind of disheartened at the amount of people that do not understand how this works and just scream "Meta = bad".

No, it’s just that users don’t like systems where you have to opt out by default. Like you used to have to opt out of shitty marketing emails after a purchase, but then we changed that to opt in and everyone is happier.