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But Meta can already do that through user accounts or through a honeypot/passive instance, correct? All public conversations are open, as are all public user profiles.

The only solution is to fight it and kill it.

That’s like saying the only way to get out of being hit by flying debris is to eliminate all wind on the planet. As much as we like to think of Threads as some corporate being, it’s not. It’s a hundred million people that are made of meat and have day jobs like you and me - the wind - and a few million bots and controlled accounts which attempt to influence [whatever their master wishes] - the debris. The debris is already here, and it’s people too - just people with nefarious or profiteering intent. It (debris) happens whenever there are enough people (enough wind) to stir things up.

Cutting yourself off from people is the only way to prevent it because it’s an inherent function of humanity.

Big target. Either that or the butt wipe that was denied his Reddit username and started creating random long manned communities.

I just sort of assumed we’d all get accounts in 2-3 instances so if one goes down we can still participate elsewhere.

Is this a UK BLT? That bacon looks suspect to an American. 🤣

Really? The built in Defender seems to be all most people need. Everything that used to be good is now scamware. The only time it’s useful is if you need to lock down your grandma’s pc so she doesn’t give your inheritance to a scammer with a nice Facebook ad.