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In response to "Heh, seeing an allegation that Threads's "70 million" user number is inflated because they're creating shadow accounts for instagram users." by Beryllium

I don’t follow. There’s more than 70 million Instagram users. By this logic, wouldn’t there be an equal number of Threads users? -- nm

Posted by Mop🧹 (aka rburriel) Jul 9 '23, 09:08

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Unless it's only doing it for "active" instagram users. But it does seem like an allegation that requires a deeper analysis; it could be false or - Beryllium Jul 9, 09:23 5
- Are we skipping the part where you actually ask the company you're interested in about the numbers they're reporting? Get after them Bery! -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 11:28
- If the allegation is “Hey, it looks like everyone on Threads is just someone with an Instagram account,” I’d say… - Mop🧹 Jul 9, 09:51 3
  - it seems true that (1) there was a massive initial shift of active/verified users and (2) everyone who cares enough wanted to claim their existing - hollywood big shot Jul 9, 09:54
  - I feel like even as high a number as 70 million is, that active Instagram users has to be much higher. That’s probably only the number only in NA? -- nm* - Qale Jul 9, 09:53 1
    - US alone is 170M estimated. -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 10:41

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