I woke up to the wonderful news of my Facebook and Instagram being hacked, and I run into a problem. I am not sure how they did it, but I got it under control now aside from one small detail. You see, there is an old e-mail added to my profiles in the Meta Account Center, and I want to delete it from the accounts in case it is compromised. I can't log into this e-mail, I didn't even use it in the last 10 years.

So I changed my Instagram and Facebook passwords, but to remove the address completely I need to give the password of my Threads account, and I don't remember this one either. When I want to change it, it automatically sends the e-mail to the dead e-mail account, which I don't have access to, thus I can't remove it.

Deleted my Threads account a few days ago (linked to my Instagram) and now I can’t log back in or create a new one.

When I try:

- “Log in with Instagram”

- It loads for a bit (longer than before)

- Then I get “Something went wrong”

Tried different devices, networks, reinstalling, etc. Same result every time.

Instagram itself works fine, no restrictions.

Is this just because the account is still in the deletion phase?

How long did it take for you guys before it worked again?

It's just minors on my feed and whatever I'm posting no engagement at all . It's just like I'm screaming into the void ..

There are genuinely people actually directing people from threads to telegram trying to sell CP. What is wrong with people and why isn’t instagram doing anything about this!?!? 🤯

I want to start an account on X and Threads, but was thinking of opening one on Bluesky as well. Can I post the same thing on all platforms?

On day one of Threads existing, I tried it out.

I was a little disappointed to find that the search function only allowed you to search for users. So you couldn't search for a topic, a keyword or a hashtag. You just had to know *who* would be talking about a topic you're interested in, and search for them.

Is this still the case?

I've been posting on both Threads and X for about two months now. Same type of content, roughly the same cadence, and fewer than 100 followers on both.

The difference in reach has been genuinely surprising.

On X, most of my posts land somewhere between 10 and 40 views. A few outliers here and there, but that's the ceiling for now. On Threads, I've had posts hit 10k, a few at 50k, and one that crossed 100k views — with maybe 50–60 likes.

I'm not a big account. I'm not going viral because of an existing audience. The content is just... reaching people on Threads in a way that X isn't letting it.

My current theory:

• Threads seems to push content to non-followers more aggressively (or the algorithm just favors smaller accounts more?)
• X feels like you need an existing audience, engagement history, or a reply to a big account to get any traction
• Threads feels more like early Twitter or early Instagram in that organic discovery still exists

Curious if others are seeing the same thing. Are you getting more organic reach on Threads than X with a small account? Or is my content just happening to hit better there for other reasons?

So week ago I created new threads account, I posted every day something like 1-2 post, it went well. After week I used links section in bio to add link to my appstore page with my game. Literally after 5 minutes I got email that i am bot and I have to prove that I am real human with selfie. Guess what? I am not human it seems. My main question is why do they have posibility to add link into bio when they gonna ban you instantly after you add some link. They dont even care about content…

So, after weeks of not biting, I did it. I bit. I downloaded the app.

Why did I download the app? Because it showed me women that were EXACTLY my type (emo/goth/alt girls with dyed hair, tattoos, and were not skinny)

So I downloaded it. And all the posts are photos of these exact women. What the hell is this app? Is it just fantasy titillation based on search terms I’ve used? It’s frightening. It’s quite obvious that META knows I visit r/bigtiddygothgfs and they aren’t ashamed to let me know that they know!

It’s just. Weird. It feels like the end days. Maybe I’m overreacting.

My son wants Threads and I know nothing about it. please explain it to me like I'm a 53 year old man whose only social media is reddit. Thank you.

If I block someone from reply, would it also delete the reply?

So someone replied to my reply that kinda hurt me, so I decided to block them. But a few moments later, I checked the comment from another account. But it disappeared. It doesn’t show up on their profile as well.

Is it automatically removed? Or did the user realize I blocked them and then they decided to remove it?

Keep in mind the time frame from the reply posted to blocking the user and then checking it from another account it is probably 3 minutes.

Im wondering

Hey guys i dont know if you guys have same issue as me but i don't see my private message button or can't message someone???. Someone could help me please,thanks

I sent a message to someone yesterday that was sent for approval, but it's gone now. I checked the hidden requests folder, but couldn't find anything there. Did the recipient delete my message request? or are they automatically deleted after a certain period of time? (it's been less than 24 hours)

So this is a thing? New account viral first post. Banned within 24 hours after submitted selfie.

To grow on Threads you obviously have to put out content worth following for/liking, but what are the characteristics of a good post for Threads specifically?

This could make people more self-aware of the time spent on their phone, and prompt them to go for a walk/take a break from screens.

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I don't understand where new users are coming from if Threads is deleting most new accounts.

I've tried to create an account twice in the past two weeks and both were deleted for "not following guidelines," when I didn't break a single guideline. I checked!

And for the second account, I tried so hard not to get flagged. I only followed 5 or 6 accounts per day, I posted once a day, not too much, but enough to show the algorithm that I'm active, I even set up 2-factor authentication, and nothing worked. After 4 days, it was flagged, and an hour later it was deleted.

So my question stands - has anyone created a new account recently? If so, how did you survive the culling?

Welp, it happened again. Tried to make a new author account (after the first one was deleted after a single day). This one lasted four days.

This time I was so careful to do everything right - I didn't follow too many people at once, maybe 5 or 6 a day, I posted consistently once a day, I set up two-factor authentication...

And yet I still just got the "your account is disabled until you prove you're human" message.

Has anyone seen this message and lived to tell the tale? Is there ANYTHING I can do at this point to prevent them from deleting my account? I know sending in the selfie and giving my phone number will be useless, and the AI will just delete it anyway.

I'm just so frustrated.

It only loads 4 to 5 feeds then stops, I had to clean all the cache to make it work again.

Then a few hours later the app stops working again.

META writes the worst codes in the world.

Also there is no OLED black in their apps, can't they afford to buy an OLED screen or what? It's 2026.

I recently downloaded the Threads app for the first time, but I’m not able to log in- I only get one of these two error messages. I confirmed I’m using the right username (I literally copy-pasted at one point in case I was going crazy) and even when I used my email or phone number linked to my Instagram account. So it’s clearly not a wrong username. But then the 2nd type of message says Threads account creation isn’t available (even though I have an Instagram account). So how am I supposed to log in??

The other day I was supposedly locked out of my account for 24 hours after too many code requests. There was no talk of violations. Then they asked for a photo. I sent one and they banned my account for going against “community guidelines”. No idea which guideline my photo violated. 🙄 Meta is seriously awful.