Threadsis making a big change as it continues to grow exponentially as an alternative toTwitter.
If you get caught up those protections let us know.
Usernames are transferred over and followers are alerted when someone has enabled their Threads profile.

Threads, Instagram’s micro-blogging platformMeta
Early growth was off the charts, but more importantly 10s of millions of people now come back daily.
Thats way ahead of what we expected, Zuckerberg shared on Monday, July 17.
He continued, The focus for the rest of the year is improving the basics and retention.

Instagram head Adam Mosseri and Mark Zuckerberg’s latest messages on ThreadsThreads
Itll take time to stabilize, but once we nail that, then well focus on growing the community.
See Mosseri and Zuckerbergs Threads messages below.