Meta adds privacy setting allowing Threads users to stop auto-sharing posts to Instagram and Facebook after backlash.
Meta users panicked as posts reach unintended family and friends on Facebook.
Whoops! Looks like Meta didn’t think this one through. 
Threads recently auto-shared users’ private convos as suggested posts on Instagram and Facebook. Not cool!
People freaked out about their posts reaching unwanted family and friends on Facebook. Threads folks and Facebook fam don’t always mix! 
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Threads feel threatened if sharing is forced to continue
Users complained clickbait threads lacked context for Facebook friends. And they threatened to leave Threads if forced sharing continued. Yikes!
Now after major backlash, Threads added a privacy setting to stop auto-sharing. Phew! 
Meta’s always trying growth hacks like this across apps. But they really botched reading the room here!
People love Threads for close friends, not distant fam.
Meta can’t just force feed Facebook to grow Threads. Tut tut. 
So let this be a lesson to Meta – know your audiences!
What works for teens on Threads may not fly for Grandma on Facebook. Live and learn, Meta gurus. Live and learn. 
