Instagram is closing in on Facebook with 2 billion active users

[iMore.com]

Meta has revealed Instagram now has 2 billion monthly active users as it catches up with Facebook. Full story from the iMore Blog...

 

[Annie_M]

Aren't most of them the same users?

 

[Lee_Bo]

Aren't most of them the same users?

And both owned by the same company mining your data.

 

[Up_And_Away]

Aren't most of them the same users?

Yep, I'd bet unique users to each platform is less than 1%. And that does not count bot accounts which I bet is double digit percent of the user numbers.

 

[Wotchered]

I suppose that if you have three Meta apps your whereabouts are known to the inch, at all times ?

 

[Just_Me_D]

… (it is super odd to me that some are located on US federal government property) …

It’s only odd if you think there isn’t a partnership between the two. There is no way an entity with the harvesting capabilities of Meta be allowed do what it does without the blessing of the U.S. government. No way! With that being said, it’s safe to assume Uncle Sam has access to that harvested data.

 

[Just_Me_D]

@Up_And_Away I had to delete your reply to Lee_Bo because of a screwup on my part. I’m sorry about that. I was attempting to quote you and ended up editing your post in the process. Again, my apologies.

 

[Up_And_Away]

@Up_And_Away I had to delete your reply to Lee_Bo because of a screwup on my part. I’m sorry about that. I was attempting to quote you and ended up editing your post in the process. Again, my apologies.

No worries at all Just_Me_D, I'm sure one of my previous posts in a pro/anti Apple thread argument deserved deleting. Let's say you are making up for that and call it even