This might help explain the spectacular launch of Threads

https://lemmy.world/post/1212739

This might help explain the spectacular launch of Threads - Lemmy.world

Automatically creating a shadow account for everyone on Instagram? Even allowing people to follow that account? Sounds like they really wanted to push Threads out the door in a big way.

This seemed obvious the moment they said 10m accounts on launch. People aren't that proactive
Yes they are. There were tons of people waiting to leave Twitter for something better. What makes Threads the better alternative is they already have Instagram accounts and so does everybody they know. Joining Threads took me 30 seconds.