Instagram boss Adam Mosseri has mentioned that Threads will quickly let customers delete their profiles with out affecting their Instagram profiles.
Meta introduced ‘Threads by Instagram’ earlier this week to compete with Elon Musk’s Twitter. As quickly as the corporate introduced Threads, netizens rushed to affix the brand new platform. Nevertheless, quickly after customers began reporting that deleting a Threads profile may even delete a consumer’s linked Instagram account as the 2 apps, slightly accounts, are linked. This raised issues amongst customers if they need to be part of Threads within the first place. Now, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri has clarified that Threads will quickly get the power to delete the profile with out impacting the Instagram account.
In a submit on Threads, the Instagram boss mentioned that proper now each Instagram and Threads are linked to 1 account, which is why when a consumer deletes a Threads profile their Instagram account additionally will get deleted. He additionally mentioned that the corporate was engaged on a method that may allow customers to delete their Threads account with out deleting their Instagram accounts within the course of.
“We’ve been getting some questions on deleting your account. To make clear, you’ll be able to deactivate your Threads account, which hides your Threads profile and content material, you’ll be able to set your profile to non-public, and you’ll delete particular person threads posts – all with out deleting your Instagram account,” Mosseri wrote in a submit on Threads.
“Threads is powered by Instagram, so proper now it’s only one account, however we’re wanting right into a solution to delete your Threads account individually,” he added.
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However that’s not the one characteristic within the works…
Aside from this, Mosseri has been busy shedding gentle on quite a lot of particulars about Threads. Some customers just lately questioned Mosseri on if the platform was going to get a feed choice whereby customers will be capable of see posts from the accounts that they comply with. Responding to the question, the Instagram boss has clarified that Threads will quickly get the Following feed choice.
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In a separate submit on the platform, Mosseri additionally acknowledged that Threads in the intervening time lacks quite a lot of key but primary options corresponding to search, hashtags, graph syncing, fedeverse assist, and messaging to call a number of. He mentioned all of those options will arrive on the platform quickly. He additionally added that it’s going to take someday earlier than these options are rolled out to the customers.
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