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		boomboomsubban on July 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours Are usernames somehow transferred from Instagram/Facebook? Or how many of those 10M are domain squatters, hoping someday Coke will pay them the for the threads name "Surge?"

tabjsina on July 6, 2023 [–]

You reuse your Instagram username, so don’t think that would apply here

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