r/ThreadsApp

Question for discussion and very keen to hear thoughts from those who had no following and grew accounts…

I’ve created a new account and used “Dear algo”, I’ve also engaged with posts. But I’ve gained 0 followers, and had all but one reply.

In contrast whenever I post on reddit, many helpful people reply & engage (although I don’t build a following on Reddit).

I feel Threads is something you need to be posting every hour, with a non faceless account & heavily engaging in discussion as well as regularly posting content that makes people want to follow you. And even then, that’s not guaranteed to grow.

Thoughts?

What’s the best way to gain followers and find people to follow?

I posted some pictures and my friend likes it but they didn’t mark as viewers .. that happened in my last two posts .. is that shadowban ?

I joined threads less than a month ago and have been met with such kindness and just genuine people! I’ve also grown so much! Reaching more than 100 followers in less than a week! The growth and engagement are great!

What side of threads are you guys dealing with?

I keep seeing a ton of Threads about someone named Lexaprogaming, but I have no idea who that is or why I should care about someone who was apparently only known on Threads.

This morning my threads is shutting down within a second of accessing it. I like to do the daily promotions update for small businesses. I checked the app, but it looks ok, no need to update. What’s the reason? Could someone explain? Is yours ok today?

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I turned on "Show recent views", but it still doen't show in my profile.

No account limits, everything is OK.

What's the problem?

If anyone helps to solve it - I own you a lot!

I think I accidentally learned something about starting a new Threads account the hard way

I've been posting on my main Threads account for about 2.5 months, so I wanted to see what would happen if I started a completely fresh account and approached it differently.

I kept seeing bigger accounts posting a LOT every day.

So I thought:

“Maybe that's actually how you grow on Threads?”

I made a new account and scheduled 15 posts on day one.

I didn't spend the whole day posting manually. I batch-pasted everything into my scheduler, left, and went back to my normal life.

The next morning:

One post had passed 1.6K views.

A bunch were between 100–500.

For a brand new account, I was shocked.

Then I shared the experiment on Reddit.

Several people immediately told me:

“that account is going to get banned.”

I thought they were being dramatic 😂

But a few people said they'd experienced something similar new accounts posting heavily, suddenly getting 1K+ views, then getting banned shortly after.

Then it happened to me.

The next morning Threads asked me to verify my phone number.

I requested the SMS.

Nothing.

Requested another code.

Still nothing.

Then I checked from my main account.

The new account wasn't even showing up anymore.

Experiment over

Now, I obviously can't say:

15 posts = ban.

I don't know that.

Someone even told me they'd posted 6 times on day one and 12 after that with no problem.

So there are clearly other things going on.

But if you're brand new to Threads, here's what I'd personally do differently:

• Don't immediately copy the posting volume of huge established accounts
• Start with a normal posting rhythm
• Actually interact with real people
• Let the account build some history naturally
• Experiment gradually instead of changing everything at once

The biggest thing I learned:

Don't assume what works for a huge account will work the same way for a brand-new one.

I got excited because the reach looked great

and then I lost the account

If you're going to experiment, maybe don't use your main account as the test subject

I opened the reposts list in my profile and found hundreds of reposts that I've never reposted. Some of the posts were posts that I "liked" and hearted, but would never repost. Some are posts I've simply never even come across. Sometimes its the posts of people that I know, and it looks weird that I'm reposting their photos.

I've been a Twitter/X user for almost 2 decades, and I'm 30/mentally sharp... my memory is not at risk. I've been spending all morning manually deleting these reposts and it still stretches to 2024. This should be unlawful .... claiming engagements on my behalf that I've never made.

Dead internet theory has found its final boss. I might just delete this account altogether.

I created a Threads account some time ago now, but logged in through Instagram. I am now unable to log in to do anything with it. I can't log in on the website or the app. I cannot even reset my password--it either gives a vague error saying "Something went wrong" or never sends an email. I do have access to the email address it is supposed to be sending the email to, and have checked spam and such.

Like it's kind of gross and the worst part is why is there no report button for misinformation? Because there's like a ton of it and I've tested it whatever way you lean politically it starts giving you the opposite of it.

Respond to something Democrat it gives you something Republican respond to something Republican it gives you something Democrat it just wants you to keep wasting your life away and it's so sad to see people actually doing this

Wtf? And they don’t tell me the reason?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ThreadsApp/s/qSSEmS33we