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Meta won't let you block its AI account on Threads

189 points by logickkk1

by analogpixel

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You can block all their content, just delete your account.

by Lucasoato

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I tried threads but had to leave it so quickly. All the posts I see are just baits, people trying to say controversial/stupid things just to seek attention and reaction. I don't know much about social media algorithms, but if the result is that I'm constantly fed with things I don't want to see, maybe it's not the platform I want to be in.

by unbolted3032

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I deleted Meta's products in 2009. I have never looked back. Explore alternatives and motivate others to do so.

by tartoran

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You can block Meta surprisingly: just never join or close the current account.

by insumanth

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I like an AI that can answer questions with all information and context on a particular thread. It should not be visible to others in the thread / post.
You ask, it answers and that's it. It should not take over the feed.
I like the Grok Button at the side of Tweet, I dont like "@grok is this true"

by platevoltage

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AI features are so good, you're forced to use them whether you chose to or not. I guess the reason is to justify all of this datacenter buildout because the "demand" is so high?

by NDlurker

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I only re-activate Facebook when I want to buy something from Marketplace. Deleted the IG app again recently. Also figured out how to change settings on YouTube so I can't scroll through reels and turned off auto play. I'm banned from Reddit and Twitter. Never got into Tik Tok or Threads. Very happy about all of that

by rolph

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you cant block the AI, but if you start hatebanging it, i assume it will block you.

by siren2026

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The best time to delete * Meta was yesterday. The next best time is Today.

by esafak

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Facebook's whole conception of tagging is a disaster. It's pure noise. What do I gain by seeing you tag someone (or worse, a bot) in a post? Just share it with them privately.

by chistev

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It seems like it's constant provocative news every time Meta hits the Front page. Lol

by suzzer99

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Scrolling Facebook: Oh that looks interesting. Oh. It's on threads. Nope.

by charpit

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To be honest, none of this surprises me. It was to be expected.

by ChrisArchitect

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Engadget source: https://www.engadget.com/2171113/threads-users-are-pissed-th...

by rvz

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Desperation at the highest levels.

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by alex1138

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1692122

by beepbooptheory

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One nice thing I heard about recently is you can block the Claude user on Github to create nice yellow banner on vibey repos. It doesn't stop you interacting with the repo if you want to anyway, but has still ended up being a very quick filter for me.

by parliament32

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"The customers love our AI so much the DAU is 1:1 with the platform!"

by avazhi

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Who uses threads? That’s on you, lol.

by wilg

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Come on, obviously this is just because it's not a regular user because its some weird bot in their backend. You can still mute it.

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by lpcvoid

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[dead]

by probably_wrong

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It's only fair since I can't block their AI on WhatsApp either.

by circularfoyers

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I feel like the suggestion to just delete your Meta account is unhelpful and even harmful in some situations. I know a lot of us in this field don't mind having a small social circle, but for us that struggle to even have that, or that the process of doing that, requires you to be as open and reachable as possible to make it easier to create or maintain friendships, this often requires having an account to use Messenger (I know regionally this may differ).
Being difficult in this way, when most other people, particularly non technical people, don't have a problem with this, in my experience significantly hurts your opportunities and limits the types of people you socialize with in real life, which I think can eventually be harmful.