Meanwhile at Meta HQ

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• cRazi_man@europe.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The best time to delete social media apps was 10 years ago. The second beat time is now.

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  • QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    At least when it comes to Meta, I have nothing to delete. In 2021 I deleted my WhatsApp and in 2022 deleted my Facebook account that wasn’t used for over a year anyways.

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  • lemmyng@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The best time to switch to the Fediverse was 10 years ago. The second best time is now.

    Seriously, I’ve made the following replacements:

    • Twitter to Mastodon
    • Facebook to Friendica (though this isn’t as active as the other Fedi platforms)
    • Goodreads (never had it) to Bookwyrm
    • Tiktok (only used it once, no account) to Loops
    • Instagram to Pixelfed
    • Discord to Fluxer (Revolt/Stoat fucking sucks)

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    • solxix@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      FYI Fluxer isn’t federated. What you’re looking for is Matrix/XMPP.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      which one is ICQ

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    • Iammetheone@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I opt for blue sky which is not bad

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• frunch@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Well that’s not the way i expected to find out the outcome of that trial 🫠

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• chaogomu@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah, it’s worse.

  techdirt.com/…/meta-just-paid-nearly-17-billion-t…

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• jobbies@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It blows my mind that people still use meta’s services. After everything we know - years and years of leaks, admissions, investigations. Honestly, what will it take??

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  • AnyOldName3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Most people don’t see how these things directly affect them because the effects are mostly indirect and the media doesn’t explain why they should care, and many have their social lives tied to using platforms where the other people they know are, so can’t switch to a less evil alternative without becoming a recluse unless a critical mass of their friends are already using it.

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    • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It doesn’t help either that in developing countries, Facebook is free to use even without mobile internet data. Little do users from these countries realise is that they are the product.

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    • NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Me on Discord. I’m so ready to move. My friend’s aren’t…

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  • architect@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Way more shame.

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• uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Soon we’re going to learn that it’s all about de-anonymizing political speech.

  They don’t want us to be able to show what’s happening on the ground in Gaza to the world. Or what’s happening at ICE raids. Or what’s happening at protests when the riot squads show up…

  …Or what’s happening on deployed navy ships, or in classrooms, or in political meetings.

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• brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah, I saw a CNBC news segment that delivered literally this with a straight face, but with the addendum of “age verification may affect user retention temporarily.” It was completely wild.

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• hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Anyone who doesn’t get how this is exactly what happened is fooling themselves.

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  • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s not exactly what happened though. Meta aren’t being forced to do age verification. They were the primary lobbyists for it in the first place.

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    • DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They all wanted it, but they knew it would be unpopular, so they needed a law to force everyone to do it. Meta stepped up. They get the data, the politicians get the blame--and a payout. The pols continue to spin it as protecting the children but no one is buying it. No one expects it to have any positive effect on children’s use of social media, but that was never the point in the first place.

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• lyrial@anarchist.nexus ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s also 17 billion over 10 years iirc. That is absolutely nothing for Meta.

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• uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s really a good time to divest from Facebook, or Snapchat, or WhatsApp.

  They’re going to try to set this as a standard, and it really needs to not become one.

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  • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The problem is that a lot of people don’t care. They are getting the dopamine hit.

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  • PartyAt15thAndSummit@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    When I asked around, I was surprised how many people have messengers other than WA installed.
    In a similar vein, I found Fediverse users in the most unexpected places IRL.

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• Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Weird to put the “Like” icon on there instead of WhatsApp.

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