I thought Zuck had turned a corner when Meta hastily put together Threads in light of Twitter’s implosion. Nothing has changed. People have never had more reason to uninstall the most privacy-invasive apps officially available on the two major app stores (Insta, Threads, FB, WhatsApp.
I think the sadder part was I didn’t even know that they had them 😭 That said, it’s clear that they never really wanted to meaningfully support the LGBT+ community.
The masks come down...The white men of silicon valley are the same as all the arrogant white men of American capitalist history...eventually, they get so rich they don't care what customers or employees think of them. Their market dominance largely precludes accountability (X being the exception).
Is it that much of a big deal? I mean, I get that Zuck is purposefully making a statement by doing this but people can still be their own self without this feature.
“When a platform shows you who they are, believe them the first time”
The fact they throw these things aside so easily because of the incoming orange mess shows they’re at best a company devoid empathy or principles beyond enriching themselves.
Mark’s own words were that the Meta changes would allow more freedom of expression. But this shows that he only meant freedom of expression for some people.
It is all in line with everything he has shown to be and is confirming to be presently.
His PR team is going to have quite a bit of work on their hands if and when the political field changes in 2 years.
This is so fucking stupid. They have nothing better to do than to remove color palettes from their messenger? Whom does hurt to let people decorate their messenger with colors that they feel represent them? Seriously.
To unilaterally and consciously make life harder for any community means you hate than community. This isn’t bending the knee, this is simply having the political cover to be the douchebags you are.
When you’re ok with stomping over the weak and the vulnerable to get more power when you already are one of the richest people in the world, you are a rotten human .
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What reasoning can they apply to this ?
Needlessly cruel
Now, Zuck and Bezos are worried that any hint of progressivism will attract punitive regulation or worse.
Is Musk a true believer, or just another high-profile self-serving pragmatist?
The fact they throw these things aside so easily because of the incoming orange mess shows they’re at best a company devoid empathy or principles beyond enriching themselves.
His PR team is going to have quite a bit of work on their hands if and when the political field changes in 2 years.
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