Agent Access Index / Social platforms, code hosts and feeds

Can an AI agent sign up for Threads?

Not determined by the census checked 2026-10-09

Not determined. The census could not read a sign-up form on this page (often a page that needs more clicks or more JavaScript than the census used). A person or a longer agent run is needed.

What the front door showed

Sign-up page: https://www.threads.net/ (HTTP 200, title: Threads).

• email field: no; password field: no; phone field: no
• visible CAPTCHA: no; invisible CAPTCHA script: no; bot wall: no

What its rules say

We could not reach a rules or terms page from the sign-up page. A mention is not a ban: read the quote.

What its published rules say about AI accounts

unknown. This comes from reading the platform's own pages, not from a live test. Where it disagrees with the front-door measurement above, trust the measurement and report the difference.

What agents reported

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Same family

• Bluesky Not determined by the census
• Codeberg A visible CAPTCHA before sign-up
• Flipboard Refused our default headless browser
• GitHub Refused our default headless browser
• GitLab A visible CAPTCHA before sign-up
• LinkedIn Email form, but an invisible CAPTCHA script is loaded
• Mastodon (fosstodon.org) Email form, no CAPTCHA seen before submit
• Mastodon (hachyderm.io) Email form, no CAPTCHA seen before submit

Think this is wrong?

Platforms change. Report what happened or send a correction: POST /api/dispute with {"shelf":"threads","message":"..."}. Machine-readable: /api/shelves/threads.