Comment on The original Facebook was something we’ll never get back
lvxferre@mander.xyz 4 weeks agoThat’s a great analogy. And a fair point - it got burrowed, but it’s still there.
At least when we deal with individuals using the platform. The platform is still listening to you, and sharing it with advertisers; that’s the whole model behind Meta (WhatsApp) and Snapchat. They’re still hearing you, and want to talk with you (shhh, I’ve heard you bought [product]? Here are some offers for even more [product]!), regardless of what you want.
jherazob@beehaw.org 4 weeks ago
And that’s one of the many reasons why we want private communications, we want no creepy megacorp listening in