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Is it possible to use threads without connecting it to my existing Instagram account? I know that Zuckerberg said: "You have one identity. The days of you havi

Is it possible to use threads without connecting it to my existing Instagram account? I know that Zuckerberg said: "You have one identity. The days of you having a different image for your work friends or co-workers and for the other people you know are probably coming to an end pretty quickly. Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity." But I use Facebook + Twitter to talk mainly about work, science, tech, etc. I use Instagram for a completely different audience and post about music, art, etc. Does my threads account link to my Instagram account?

FemmeAndroid 3y ago
I think the easiest solution is to create a second Instagram account. That’s what I did. Instagram supports having multiple accounts signed into the app at once, so it’s not much of a pain once you’ve set it up. I had an issue where I opened threads before realizing I wanted to create a new Instagram account for it. I had to hard quit the threads app, create the new account on Instagram, sign in with it, then re-launch threads.
- bravura 3y ago
  You need a second phone number to do that correct? As I recall, there are very strict protections and verifications in place by big social networks to prevent bot and spam accounts. Is this actually allowed by the TOS? For individuals, not brands, to have multiple accounts?
  - FemmeAndroid 3y ago
    It is very much supported. Top left, click on your name, 'Add account', and go from there. I think in the backend the accounts might be associated for security/abuse purposes, but Instagram actively wants you to be able to have more than one account. I'd imagine it would be a lot harder to avoid being 'thirsty on main' without these features. Just checked, and signed up with a random second account. They add the phone number from the previous account you were on by default, and mention copying your other non-public information over from the previous account you were signed in to.
  - vitorgrs 3y ago
    You can use the same number fine. You can even create different accounts based on your main one too.
TrackerFF 3y ago
OT, but: Having one identity also means putting all your eggs in one basket, which in turn means you'll get banned from all products under the umbrella ownership, should you screw up something. Or get compromised. Or just have bad luck.
dr_hooo 3y ago
Sorry I don't have a answer for your question. But wow, I was not aware of that quote. The audacity of Zuckerberg lecturing people on lack of integrity is amazing. Shaming customers to further tighten his companys lock-in strategy seems... fittingly dystopian.
- gilbetron 3y ago
  On the one hand I agree with you - I don't like Meta's black-hole-like gravity trying to pull everyone into their ecosystem. On the other hand, I agree with him - the era of having multiple identities is coming to end, or rather, has come to an end. I don't like that he coaches as "having integrity", but rather it is a simple fact that you can no longer hide multiple identities of any significance, so owning up to who you are is probably good. I'd still like our culture(s) to evolve to allow people to keep work and home and whatever else interests separate. To say it another way, I really like having separate identities, but it is no longer feasible to actually prevent 3rd parties from connecting them.
  - bravura 3y ago
    I guess no one you care about has a relentless abusive stalker ex. Or is a schoolteacher who wants to post their opinions freely on Facebook to their old friends. And those are “mainstream” folks, without even starting on people who are possibly subject to religious persecution in their physical communities, people considering a gender transition, etc.
  - dr_hooo 3y ago
    It may very well be true that 3rd parties can easily connect my identities. However I still see no reason to share my private identity with Bob from accounting.
codetrotter 3y ago
> You have one identity. The days of you having a different image for your work friends or co-workers and for the other people you know are probably coming to an end pretty quickly. Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity. Billionaires live on a completely different planet. The things I will say, and share with my girlfriend is very different from what I will say and share with my coworkers. And that’s the way it should be. And that’s the most trivially obvious example of how wrong he is. Forcing everyone to commit to a single identity would mean forcing them to become the most bland, restricted version of themselves that they could be. Thank heavens we still have forums outside of the claws of mr Zucc and his ilk. I would rather unalive myself than to live in a world where Meta controls identity fully. I deleted my Facebook years ago. I use Instagram a bit. I use WhatsApp a bit. But that’s about it for what I am willing to give to Meta. And frick Twitter too. I will rather scroll past a hundred senseless shitposts on some board on 4chan than to become a user of Threads or any other new product from Meta. At least on 4chan you can express yourself freely without these crazy ideas that everyone has to carefully form some kind of unified identity that they will publicly hold for eternity. In fact, even reading this quote from Zuckerberg makes me strongly want to delete my Instagram and WhatsApp too.
teeray 3y ago
> Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity. So he would say that the Founding Fathers of the US had a lack of integrity? There’s many examples of them authoring works under pen names.
zecg 3y ago
> I know that Zuckerberg said: "You have one identity. The days of you having a different image for your work friends or co-workers and for the other people you know are probably coming to an end pretty quickly. Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity." He himself is always just the same down-to-earth guy who called people "dumb fucks" for trusting him with their data.

FemmeAndroid 3y ago

I think the easiest solution is to create a second Instagram account. That’s what I did. Instagram supports having multiple accounts signed into the app at once, so it’s not much of a pain once you’ve set it up. I had an issue where I opened threads before realizing I wanted to create a new Instagram account for it. I had to hard quit the threads app, create the new account on Instagram, sign in with it, then re-launch threads.

bravura 3y ago
You need a second phone number to do that correct? As I recall, there are very strict protections and verifications in place by big social networks to prevent bot and spam accounts. Is this actually allowed by the TOS? For individuals, not brands, to have multiple accounts?
- FemmeAndroid 3y ago
  It is very much supported. Top left, click on your name, 'Add account', and go from there. I think in the backend the accounts might be associated for security/abuse purposes, but Instagram actively wants you to be able to have more than one account. I'd imagine it would be a lot harder to avoid being 'thirsty on main' without these features. Just checked, and signed up with a random second account. They add the phone number from the previous account you were on by default, and mention copying your other non-public information over from the previous account you were signed in to.
- vitorgrs 3y ago
  You can use the same number fine. You can even create different accounts based on your main one too.

TrackerFF 3y ago

OT, but: Having one identity also means putting all your eggs in one basket, which in turn means you'll get banned from all products under the umbrella ownership, should you screw up something. Or get compromised. Or just have bad luck.

dr_hooo 3y ago

Sorry I don't have a answer for your question. But wow, I was not aware of that quote. The audacity of Zuckerberg lecturing people on lack of integrity is amazing. Shaming customers to further tighten his companys lock-in strategy seems... fittingly dystopian.

gilbetron 3y ago
On the one hand I agree with you - I don't like Meta's black-hole-like gravity trying to pull everyone into their ecosystem. On the other hand, I agree with him - the era of having multiple identities is coming to end, or rather, has come to an end. I don't like that he coaches as "having integrity", but rather it is a simple fact that you can no longer hide multiple identities of any significance, so owning up to who you are is probably good. I'd still like our culture(s) to evolve to allow people to keep work and home and whatever else interests separate. To say it another way, I really like having separate identities, but it is no longer feasible to actually prevent 3rd parties from connecting them.
- bravura 3y ago
  I guess no one you care about has a relentless abusive stalker ex. Or is a schoolteacher who wants to post their opinions freely on Facebook to their old friends. And those are “mainstream” folks, without even starting on people who are possibly subject to religious persecution in their physical communities, people considering a gender transition, etc.
- dr_hooo 3y ago
  It may very well be true that 3rd parties can easily connect my identities. However I still see no reason to share my private identity with Bob from accounting.

codetrotter 3y ago

> You have one identity. The days of you having a different image for your work friends or co-workers and for the other people you know are probably coming to an end pretty quickly. Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity. Billionaires live on a completely different planet. The things I will say, and share with my girlfriend is very different from what I will say and share with my coworkers. And that’s the way it should be. And that’s the most trivially obvious example of how wrong he is. Forcing everyone to commit to a single identity would mean forcing them to become the most bland, restricted version of themselves that they could be. Thank heavens we still have forums outside of the claws of mr Zucc and his ilk. I would rather unalive myself than to live in a world where Meta controls identity fully. I deleted my Facebook years ago. I use Instagram a bit. I use WhatsApp a bit. But that’s about it for what I am willing to give to Meta. And frick Twitter too. I will rather scroll past a hundred senseless shitposts on some board on 4chan than to become a user of Threads or any other new product from Meta. At least on 4chan you can express yourself freely without these crazy ideas that everyone has to carefully form some kind of unified identity that they will publicly hold for eternity. In fact, even reading this quote from Zuckerberg makes me strongly want to delete my Instagram and WhatsApp too.

teeray 3y ago

> Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity. So he would say that the Founding Fathers of the US had a lack of integrity? There’s many examples of them authoring works under pen names.

zecg 3y ago

> I know that Zuckerberg said: "You have one identity. The days of you having a different image for your work friends or co-workers and for the other people you know are probably coming to an end pretty quickly. Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity." He himself is always just the same down-to-earth guy who called people "dumb fucks" for trusting him with their data.