Read the room, Zuck! Literally no one is asking for this bot-like invasion… 🚨Facebook and Instagram to Unleash AI-Generated 'Users'. - ThreadSky

cwebbonline.com • 78 days ago

Read the room, Zuck! Literally no one is asking for this bot-like invasion…

🚨Facebook and Instagram to Unleash AI-Generated 'Users'.

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cwebbonline.com•78 days ago

https://apple.news/Ac6Fuwu5zQ4CmvsEfzGwVeQ

rxdavid.bsky.social•78 days ago

All artificial, no intelligence. 🤷‍♂️

sazantj.bsky.social•78 days ago

I just don't understand this from META's perspective. It undermines their entire business model. Who's paying for ads served to fake users? How can any advertisers trust view numbers or any other metrics published by them?

genderqueeries.bsky.social•78 days ago

The entire online advertising sector is fraud based on a foundation made of multiple layers of fraud. Google just got away with billions in ad fraud 6 months ago.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2023/06/28/googles-ad-scam-eerily-similar-to-facebooks-metric-inflation-scam/

allmyownphotos.bsky.social•77 days ago

Fwiw…

👇🏽 👉🏽

codycafe.bsky.social•78 days ago

He’s like Geppetto creating Pinocchio, but in this sense, he’s creating friends for himself.

He’s a sad little boy.

ibleedblue.bsky.social•78 days ago

🎯💯👏👏‼️

imaprivate.bsky.social•78 days ago

Similar to Elmo’s self-flattering burner account on X

alycemiller.bsky.social•78 days ago

META owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, which is why I got off all of them and never looked back.

thanatosredux.bsky.social•77 days ago

Shame on govt regulators allowing the WhatsApp acquisition

numberjohnny5.bsky.social•77 days ago

America runs on bribery #BananaRepublic

mr-ixe.bsky.social•77 days ago

It allwase been this way, why are you so surprised....

lettienets.bsky.social•77 days ago

The whatsapp aquisotion by meta should never have been allowed. What a monopoly. Wrong.

bryght.bsky.social•77 days ago

So did I & it wasn't until I deactivated my FB account did I create a Twitter account, which was great for a few months, then elon purchased it & Effed it up. I want nothing to do with neither 'Oligarch'...

seaparrot.bsky.social•78 days ago

Yep
Several years ago.

bailey2017.bsky.social•77 days ago

He's a real POS. So he's fine leaving spam bots to generate revenue 🤔. I had to close last month & already hated all AI on there & in messenger

signalfire6.bsky.social•77 days ago

I don't know if it's related but YT has started to be inundated with AI voiced, AI photographed fake documentaries and vlogs. Everybody and their brother thinks they're going to make enough $$ on YT to quit their jobs. Blocking dozens every day.

babaoriley.bsky.social•77 days ago

I don’t get it. It’s literally the opposite of “social” media. 🙄

destinyredding.bsky.social•78 days ago

I think it’s just an attempt to bolster numbers. I wonder if they’ll even report the number of users honestly. If there is money involved, and investors involved, they are going to do anything they can to build those numbers.

genderqueeries.bsky.social•78 days ago

They won't, we already know their ethics. https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/17/17989712/facebook-inaccurate-video-metrics-inflation-lawsuit

destinyredding.bsky.social•78 days ago

If I had to guess, I would say it’s because people are leaving Facebook and other platforms to join Bluesky. Bluesky has seen a dramatic increase in users. People enjoy the fact that they’re not ambushed with advertising. We’ll see how this goes…

christiew.bsky.social•78 days ago

The man’s fortune comes from the platform he invented because he couldn’t talk to women in real time.

4gabriel.bsky.social•77 days ago

They want to mimic humans- imagine the deep fake fuckery that could come from this?

rayinrichmond.bsky.social•77 days ago

Well, there goes any chance at all of me ever going back to Facebook.

I'm sick of AI generated crap already and it's only just begun.

nwsoftwareguy.bsky.social•78 days ago

Ohhh ohhh, copy Twitter. Twitter already does this! Elon has close to 200 million followers and reportedly many of those only follow him and never post. We have bots on BlueSky too but they are reported and go away pretty fast by admins.

bridgetbiden4ever.bsky.social•77 days ago

I managed to block an AI thing on my phone's sms app. Couldn't get it to block on messenger, but then Fuckerberg tossed both of my FB accounts forever. Just as well, my oldest one could possibly get me sent to Siberia after January 20th.

sammythecat.bsky.social•78 days ago

He looks like a bot and the perfect picture illustrating the dictionary’s definition… 😬

worstmom.bsky.social•78 days ago

So happy that I left FB years ago.

doug-profitt.bsky.social•77 days ago

Zuckerberg is EXACTLY the kind of stupid ass hole that will make the Terminator movie into a reality.

He, and people like him, give zero shits how their bullshit will destroy the world, just so long as THEY are filthy rich when the last human on Earth dies.

f47h8em.bsky.social•78 days ago

He doesn’t give a squirt of piss. It’s all about advertising dollars. The more “users” the more dollars.

His platforms let fraudulent advertisers run rampant. They screw unknown numbers of people, out of millions upon millions of dollars per year.

How much is enough for these pigs?

rodneynookey.bsky.social•78 days ago

These platforms have stagnated, so instead of improving the services to attract new users, they're just going to make fake ones to pump the value. Everything is a pyramid scheme now.

beccaroob2.bsky.social•77 days ago

Right. And small businesses who get fed some crap about the numbers for users and engagement aren’t going to know how to determine how many bots are looking at their ads.

Snake oil

tomhutson.bsky.social•77 days ago

dahloo.bsky.social•77 days ago

Reason to leave them behind & don't look back.

numberjohnny5.bsky.social•77 days ago

They have been doing it, already, for years. All those trolls you report and facebook ignores it. All those millions of Trump fans. All that fake ad engagement for money.

michaelakellar.bsky.social•77 days ago

He know what he's doing. Bots will train on engagement w/ users. In addition, bots can apply subtle 'social' pressure on unsuspecting users to influence their thinking, positions, vote, etc. Finally; I've seen a few stories describing how AI is trying to 'mind read' buying trends. Spooky s*it...

danistone73.bsky.social•77 days ago

🎯

cett1961.bsky.social•78 days ago

Same out of touch billionaire that thought a good number of us wanted to forgo the real world to live in the Metaverse.

grinninggaga.bsky.social•77 days ago

He doesn't care about the room. He wants this for nefarious purposes.

birdsinmyattic.bsky.social•78 days ago

Fuck Zuckerburg !

thanatosredux.bsky.social•77 days ago

I would love my FB feed to stop showing content from pages I’m not subscribed to - that would be epic - way better than the FB AI garbage

imeasysmom.bsky.social•77 days ago

I deleted FB awhile back. Never saw friends posts, just garbage and ads. Way too much fraudulent junk on FB.

begann.bsky.social•78 days ago

What a disconnected human being. It's really kind of ironic.😀

feistynana.bsky.social•78 days ago

I closed facebook in 2015 and I closed Instagram couple of months ago. The only two sites I use Tribel and
BlueSky.

dannymittleman.bsky.social•78 days ago

What could they possibly be thinking?

karinaxlsm.bsky.social•78 days ago

My over 80 yo Dad on fb is the only reason I still have an account there. I swear the moment I don't need to be there is the moment I breakup with zuck.

midwesternmama.bsky.social•77 days ago

No one:

Schmuckerberg: How about we use AI for creating more bots?

brexitbin.bsky.social•78 days ago

I always thought he was an AI generated user himself.

So who the hell wants AI programmed by sociopaths?

cheers464646.bsky.social•78 days ago

Engagement farming? As folks lose interest in his products he must keep it relevant. Same reason Elon never got rid of the bots.

katmadison.bsky.social•77 days ago

Time to say goodbye.

clggmf.bsky.social•77 days ago

Just because it's a slow day, I decided to contact Meta to let them know I'd prefer they include me out. They wanted to charge me to share my opinion, so I dropped off the contact. If Zuck wants my credit card number, he can get it off the Dark Web like everybody else.

parkerdw.bsky.social•77 days ago

Funny. Bravo.

anitamann.bsky.social•78 days ago

Why?

cbow2024.bsky.social•78 days ago

FuckZuck

chez-rolez.bsky.social•78 days ago

Abandoned them years ago. Looks like now he's going after the incel crowd. No thanks.

gijoke.bsky.social•78 days ago

Remember the crap metaverse he was pumping tons of dough into? Same frigging shit. Dumped Facebook in 2007 and never went back.

tepidlatte.bsky.social•77 days ago

Great! If I have one complaint about Facebook, it's that it doesn't have enough bots, spam, and scams. This should solve that problem nicely.

fightingfascism.bsky.social•77 days ago

Now you can argue with someone dumber than a MAGATard.

travelingal.bsky.social•77 days ago

I get more ads than see friend’s posts.

agelessfashionista.bsky.social•78 days ago

Fukkerborg was never interested in anything but himself. Another techno-tot- terrorist POS who needs to be put in its place.

jghotier.bsky.social•78 days ago

Now that’s “social” for humans 🤦‍♂️

zendragon07.bsky.social•77 days ago

Like they don’t ALREADY consist of mostly misinformation and social engineering bots already….🙄🙄🙄

friskiedgrrl.bsky.social•75 days ago

So he's TRYING to get rid of all the humans on his sites? Because THAT is how you get rid of all the HUMANS on those sites.

techychik.bsky.social•78 days ago

Imho (techy) they're surreptitiously testing the ability of automated bots to sway opinion and control geo-political outcomes.

beccaroob2.bsky.social•77 days ago

They’ve been doing that for awhile haven’t they?
Bannon and the Cambridge Analytica stuff?
Seems so long ago now

techychik.bsky.social•77 days ago

Yes, though not automated to reply/argue a certain point

beccaroob2.bsky.social•77 days ago

Ah….. intriguing 🧐

eoinmyxolodian.bsky.social•77 days ago

But they’ll have legs this time! It’ll work. Just like with Adult Friend Finder!

darkparticles.bsky.social•77 days ago

Is this the same as dating (sex) sites use to make you spend more credits and then ghost? Asking for a friend

drdigipol.bsky.social•78 days ago

You would think that Zuck would know this move has a negative MSI value.

yo-martinez.bsky.social•76 days ago

Well he’s a kapo so he doesnt care🤷🏽‍♀️

deathmetalmkf.bsky.social•76 days ago

He just bought a new mega-yacht. He doesn't give a fuck.

craiggarver.bsky.social•77 days ago

But he is a bot! He's just reproducing!

pettywhite.bsky.social•78 days ago

the highlighted part says facebook is fucking us

martygabriel.bsky.social•77 days ago

I am glad that I am gone from Facebook forever with this news.

violetyhaze.bsky.social•78 days ago

They all want to be Steve Jobs but only come up with useless things.

24seenfo2.bsky.social•77 days ago

Glad I ditched F-boy Book long ago.

tinydancerz.bsky.social•77 days ago

Nightmare.

samnsara.bsky.social•77 days ago

Those are my two least used sites. Just cuz I forget they are there

bluesky411.bsky.social•78 days ago

𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔢 𝔬𝔫 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢𝔟𝔬𝔬𝔨 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔦 𝔯𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔪𝔶𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣

westcoaststeph.bsky.social•77 days ago

Another reason to leave FB.

eggsandbottles.bsky.social•78 days ago

AI was supposed to improve the world. Instead it seems to be displacing humans. We have a choice not to buy into it.

theswprincess.bsky.social•78 days ago

So is this to make it look like they have more "real" idea than they actually do so they can charge more for ads?

Spread propaganda?

leftcoastbabe.bsky.social•78 days ago

Zuckerberg is jealous of Musk?

sdhat.bsky.social•77 days ago

He will do anything to grow traffic and usage on his platforms to monetise his users. Nothing is for free, leave Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads.

redskyatmorning.bsky.social•78 days ago

These things are just now being ANNOUNCED. They have already been at work, how do you think the MAGA folks got so brainwashed?

irish-norgie.bsky.social•77 days ago

Emptied my FB account yesterday of all “Friends” “likes” followings, posts, profile, everything but CANNOT DELETE ACCOUNT from a tablet or phone app. Thanks Zuck. It was sorta nice once.

onthewaytocapemay.bsky.social•77 days ago

I'm just about done with FB anyway

corwin007.bsky.social•77 days ago

ok... let's take a minute to think about this, i believe "SOMEONE" did ask for this feature... the question is who and why. is it for influence/propaganda or is it going to help monetize the platform?

1hippie.bsky.social•78 days ago

It already feels like I'm talking to myself at times. The last thing I need is to spend my time talking to a bot.

mkalomiris.bsky.social•78 days ago

can act as influencers, flooding the airways with intentional messaging… for sale to the highest bidders or power brokers. softens the bad rep of bots.

troxx.bsky.social•78 days ago

Traffic there is light. He is afraid of the collapse.

The ridiculous egos of these men.

Damn shame. They could be doing so much good for the entire world.

cwebbonline.com•78 days ago

He’s going to make it worse in the process.

troxx.bsky.social•77 days ago

💯

beccaroob2.bsky.social•77 days ago

I genuinely think he’s clueless

tmurp1953.bsky.social•78 days ago

I remember rotary phones, party lines, rabbit ears and three TV channels - if the weather was good. Call me a dinosaur, but life was better then.

jst9406.bsky.social•78 days ago

This is the kind of engagement that helped elect Trump in 2016 and 2024.

dlackas1956.bsky.social•78 days ago

I see Bluesky being the place to engage. Hoping they don’t cave and sell or bring on partners with another agenda.
I will leave FB/Instagram if all I get is AI generated BS.

wilderbee78.bsky.social•78 days ago

This sounds f'ing dangerous. They can already throttle a narrative up or down at will. With an infinite number of coordinated bots they can control all the real or imaginary stories they want to move the needle on in any direction wanted. It's Cambridge Analytica on steroids.

lisa-catara.bsky.social•77 days ago

More landmines for all of us to navigate. Swell.

wwjerrydo.bsky.social•77 days ago

Not all of us. I left FB in '22. Never had Insta

I'm ex-sky-lusive

lisa-catara.bsky.social•77 days ago

Nice play on werdz🦋

jtunes6.bsky.social•77 days ago

It's ironic given that the charter of facebook (after it was about meeting girls or whatever initially) was about connecting with friends. And it actually has value in that regard. Why they'd want to flood it with thousands or millions of bots, I have no idea. /1

jtunes6.bsky.social•77 days ago

Just because you *can* do something or that it's a *new* something doesn't make it a good thing to do. I think these guys get into their own heads too much and just aren't listening to their customers. /2

koolimix.bsky.social•77 days ago

So true. I've stopped looking at Threads and if it wasn't for the fact that friends and family post on Facebook and Instagram I would delete both .

norcalsnave.bsky.social•77 days ago

I left Threads pretty quickly, thinking about leaving IG. I only stay on FB for the groups. I can't even see my friends post there unless I dig around.

flaredhead.bsky.social•77 days ago

Why not just fuck Facebook, Instagram and Zuck by leaving those bot infested sites. Hit him where it hurts.

gmsoros.bsky.social•77 days ago

AI generated users???
I guess those are imaginary users?

david-in-design.bsky.social•78 days ago

Please no

sdh-wny.bsky.social•77 days ago

I'm hardly on FB now because I see so many "sponsored" posts and miss the ones from my friends.

mlb2.bsky.social•77 days ago

Great, because Meta didn't already have enough bots! 2025 is the year that I say goodbye to all Meta owned social media.

realityred.bsky.social•78 days ago

It seems like they're just going to keep ramming it down our throats until we swallow. I recommend biting instead.

druidhearted.bsky.social•78 days ago

Deleting both. They can suck it.

austin-dave.bsky.social•78 days ago

“Wouldn’t it be great if imaginary people posted on social media?”

—No One, Ever

beccaroob2.bsky.social•77 days ago

Does it strike anyone how much of a flailing idiot Zuck is? I mean he stole the Facebook idea from his college friends and bought everything else. Facebook made him so much money because it was first into the market- but ever since he hasn’t created anything that the public actually wants

beccaroob2.bsky.social•77 days ago

And there’s nothing innovative to selling ads really. I mean the tech to collect stats and target audiences has improved but the basic principles are at least as old as newspapers.
Seems to me that anything that’s actually his idea is weird, not what anyone wants and fails as a result.
Am I right?

gatorali.bsky.social•78 days ago

Another great reason to abandon Meta and all its affiliates...

waterloo45.bsky.social•77 days ago

Facebook is horrible

judithlynne.bsky.social•77 days ago

Is he trying to capture all the people who use https://character.ai for hours on end every day?

And I do mean capture.

suritorange.bsky.social•78 days ago

This shit is why I engage more here than over at Zuck's place. People didn't even like Apple Intelligence. They just wanna stick with old dumb Siri.

Siri, please remove Apple Intelligence from my phone. LOL.

renakorb.bsky.social•78 days ago

Zuckerberg making it even that much easier to stay off Facebook & Instagram. Not sure why he thinks people want to interact with fake people.

longislandtonv.bsky.social•78 days ago

He's counting on the Aunties who already don't pay attention to the fact that they are liking and sharing misinformation to not be discerning.

Electing Trump twice already proves that you really can fool some of the people, all of the time. This past election proves that number is sadly growing.

keenaiskander.bsky.social•78 days ago

Right? The ones who see an AI image with 9 fingers on each hand and refuse to believe it's not an actual person.

longislandtonv.bsky.social•78 days ago

I definitely know a couple of folks like this. 🤦‍♀️

keenaiskander.bsky.social•78 days ago

Same

seaparrot.bsky.social•78 days ago

There's already enough of those on Facebook 😂

okguy.bsky.social•78 days ago

I’m calling it here first folks. If and only if bluesky continues promoting true dialogue on this platform, not AI driven algorithms. By 2028, it will be the leading platform in America, and will be the model for all others to follow.

ireckon.bsky.social•78 days ago

Get off it… boycott it. Hit him in the wallet

someswelltrash.bsky.social•78 days ago

Another reason I deactivated my #threads account.

dearlstephens.bsky.social•78 days ago

I cannot stand him or his odious Facebook properties. They have done incredible damage to this country and its “social” fabric.

thomasdee.bsky.social•77 days ago

I've never had or want a Facebook account. Now my shoulder hurts from patting myself on the back........

stephanieshultz.bsky.social•78 days ago

I haven’t been on Facebook since September nor on twitter since the day after the election

tamragallant.bsky.social•78 days ago

He lends credence to the existence of lizard people. 😂

sandywolf.bsky.social•78 days ago

Guess I'll be deleting Facebook, the family will have to go back to using the phone

becks987.bsky.social•78 days ago

I deleted Facebook and Instagram a couple months ago

sandywolf.bsky.social•78 days ago

I use Facebook book solely for friends and family but been spending most my time here so whats the point in Facebook anymore 😁

sdoh0215.bsky.social•78 days ago

I already deactivated my FB account. Just joined insta a few weeks ago and will now remove this is getting crazy. Joined blue sky but still learning it. Happy New Year everyone.

bluedunmedia.bsky.social•77 days ago

So his platforms are full blown propaganda machines now.

kimoco.bsky.social•78 days ago

I already deleted Threads from my phone. I used to like Instagram as I was mainly there for the photography. But now I am there less and less and imagine I will delete it too someday. I deleted Facebook years ago.

chillrogmom.bsky.social•78 days ago

If it wasnt for saving my pictures and videos - and memories of my moms notes to us

kimoco.bsky.social•77 days ago

I have all my photos in the cloud including those others shared with me. I also have an account at Flickr. I do not miss Facebook at all.

chillrogmom.bsky.social•76 days ago

Flicker is a photo app?

kimoco.bsky.social•76 days ago

yes, and it allows sharing, downloading etc.

dianajane.bsky.social•78 days ago

Can you download them onto an older phone and just use that phone as a photo album? We’ve done that for insurance pictures.

chillrogmom.bsky.social•76 days ago

Great idea - thanks✔️

donnamo.bsky.social•78 days ago

There is almost no interaction among friends on FB that I see anymore. It's only promoted pages, groups, and advertising. Zuck sees the end and an AI army launch will only make it worse.

beshannonphotos.bsky.social•78 days ago

Text on a screen has never been social, just another lie

meannessmetinkind.bsky.social•77 days ago

Would be a good time for all humans to divest of everything Zuckerberg. I deleted all my accounts after Cambridge analytica because I don’t support traitors.

melindamazoue.bsky.social•78 days ago

Why do we need this?

aeb1.bsky.social•77 days ago

Delete Meta immediately. Problem solved

suckerpunched79.bsky.social•78 days ago

I’d be more concerned that interactions with these bot accounts are going to act like some sort of data scraper to further the algorithm’s push to feed the “consumer” data it thinks they can be manipulated with. It sounds a little like social engineering which well why we have shitler 2.0

somertonem.bsky.social•78 days ago

This is why I deleted my Facebook account yesterday. I'm capable of creating imaginary friends without using Facebook.

lizzieworldgirl.bsky.social•77 days ago

So having to pick through misinformation, disinformation & lies isn’t enough. Now he wants to flood his sites with fake AI people. That’ll sure make things better… 🙄

tripoley1966.bsky.social•77 days ago

I already feel like I’m chatting with chatbots in a lot of my DMS as it is.

blackngoldnblue.bsky.social•78 days ago

I've never been on FB and I've closed one IG account and rarely use the other one (one personal, one for pets) I get scolded for almost every comment I post. I'm almost 100% on BlueSky now.

chillrogmom.bsky.social•78 days ago

Same - just was scolded i can use POS in reference to Trump - so I have to create crypuc words and pictures- so much for free speech

brodyrocks.bsky.social•78 days ago

Nooooo

becks987.bsky.social•78 days ago

He must be losing money 😏

motherofodin.bsky.social•77 days ago

I don’t believe Zuck thought this through.

melindameyer.bsky.social•77 days ago

It's manipulation. He's going to run for president in the future. Mark my words. Pun intended.

melindameyer.bsky.social•77 days ago

He is going to run for president. You watch.

multiplewords.bsky.social•77 days ago

Leave it to a soulless robot to make more soulless robots.

dakotapiano.bsky.social•77 days ago

Once they decided they could control the world, all care about anything else went out the window.

extex1013.bsky.social•77 days ago

It's official we need a Bluebook ,BlueTok and Bluegram to replace them .
Verified users only and I will pay for that!

extex1013.bsky.social•77 days ago

Come Mark Cuban!!!!

jenatmary.bsky.social•76 days ago

That's nice 👍🏽

jilrubia.bsky.social•78 days ago

My FB feed is ever more populated with "suggested" follows for products & places, not posts by my live friends. Birthday notifications are mostly gone.

How is this connecting us?

resoluteone.bsky.social•77 days ago

He is reading the room. The board room.

Enshitification is in full swing on FB and has been for a very long time. Remember it’s not just about exploiting end users but also advertisers and businesses that have a presence on these platforms.

rivkahroth.bsky.social•78 days ago

Ah!, been on fb since its inception…so many pictures and journaling the last 20 years.

It is time to cut the cord, damn these billionaires 😡.

davethetenor.bsky.social•78 days ago

They've been doing that for years. I guess he's admitting it now?

kthlnhrzg.bsky.social•75 days ago

🫣

hopefulfighter.bsky.social•77 days ago

There is always a reason and 99.9% of the time it has to do with money. This is just a beta test for something bigger.

vsan23.bsky.social•78 days ago

My beef with FB and IG is every other post is a "follow" recommendation or ad in my feed.

susanbryson.bsky.social•78 days ago

I'd settle for "every other" at this point. I have to scroll past more and more crap to reach one post by someone I know.

longislandtonv.bsky.social•78 days ago

I'm dying to know what @karaswisher.bsky.social is hearing out there.

I feel like this is them ramping up the simulation while he slips out the back door to some other planet to chill and sip daiquiris and watch everything burn from 70mil miles away.

longislandtonv.bsky.social•78 days ago

I can never see his face without thinking "f*ckwit".

orsonyells.bsky.social•77 days ago

Dead internet was just a theory. They’ll make it real.

donnacomeaux.bsky.social•78 days ago

Glad I shut my Facebook down

ghostylips.bsky.social•77 days ago

He will give us the Zucc!

antimagaamerican.bsky.social•78 days ago

I got off threads and IG and mostly off facebook, zuck kissed the ring

terrifiedstill2024.bsky.social•78 days ago

Why is it that intelligence is always inversely proportional to personal wealth?

bixbay.bsky.social•78 days ago

Just great. First I quit FB. Now I’ll have to quit IG. And Threads was just a stopover waiting for Bluesky.

southpaw-616.bsky.social•77 days ago

Just another billionaire doing despicable billionaire things.

auroralo.bsky.social•77 days ago

Deleted my FB and Instagram right after he spent Thanksgiving at Mar a Lago. Don’t miss the nonsense one bit. Good riddance, hope others do the same.

annonmouse.bsky.social•77 days ago

Boy, if this doesn't give "I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream" vibes, I don't know what does.

annonmouse.bsky.social•77 days ago

Boy, if this doesn't give "I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream" vibes I don't know what the hell does.

big-shake.bsky.social•78 days ago

Eff FB!

wagnerjasonr.bsky.social•77 days ago

So he wants to turn FB into Twitter with all the crap bots spreading lies. He is a billionaire so this tracks. Keep the commoners dumb and scared so he can keep his money and feel superior. No wonder he's cozying up to MAGA.

stephielynn204.bsky.social•77 days ago

I bet corporations asked for this so they no longer need to pay influencers. 🫠

cateyezgreen.bsky.social•77 days ago

INSANE!
So, the question is, since these two platforms charge for advertising…and I am assuming the cost is based on subscriptions (or number of accounts) how is adding a bunch of bots going to work? …Hmm…. I suspect they’ll continue to lose accounts and now advertisers.

glen-apatrida.bsky.social•77 days ago

That place is so full of useless bullshit already no one will notice more.

brokiesunited.bsky.social•78 days ago

Stopped using Meta products years ago. To include WhatsApp.

bklynmichael42.bsky.social•77 days ago

If dude ever read the room, he’d have yeeted himself into the sun by now.

georgejohnston.bsky.social•78 days ago

Fuckerberg needs the bots because he’s tired of being all by himself.

investined.bsky.social•77 days ago

It makes sence have bot inflate you sites members count then have those bot generate trafick so more advertiser spend money. Your thinking but the advertisers will the members aren’t real right? Have you met the current people in power 80 percent of them don’t know what they even sell.

iamsammi.bsky.social•78 days ago

I left Facebook months ago & it was a really good decision!

asteraceaeg.bsky.social•78 days ago

All I wanted from Instagram was an algorithm that didn’t keep showing me topics I had zero interest in, so I stopped using it.

And now this? There’s so much wrong with it. It’s really just a useless, pointless app.

darrinhall15.bsky.social•78 days ago

Will he have his own AI-drian Dittman?

grrrldoctor.bsky.social•78 days ago

Don’t we already have bots? More bots?! No thank you Zuck ffs!

wolf2319.bsky.social•78 days ago

Just makes me glad I left those apps in the dust. #bluesky all the way.

aec08.bsky.social•77 days ago

📌

bertfoxson.bsky.social•78 days ago

Look. We need to fight back against these wannabe oligarchs. And the best way to do this is to boycott EVERYTHING they sell including their bullshit.

noname4u.bsky.social•78 days ago

That's called desperation. When you don't have enough use yours your generating them.

silyenko.bsky.social•75 days ago

I deleted my Facebook acct 6(7?) years ago. Instagram (and Threads) accounts are inactive. Might be a good reason to delete those two as well.

nymhartist.bsky.social•78 days ago

Needs a troll army to feed his maga platform and sponsors. We use to call these troll farms

jjonesnh.bsky.social•78 days ago

Fb is such a dump

scot-free.bsky.social•78 days ago

BYE BYE SUCKER BERG!
YOU CAN HAVE EVERYONE ELSE’S DNA, BUT NOT MINE!
😡👎👿☠️

burghgrampy.bsky.social•77 days ago

fuck facebook

capsfan1.bsky.social•77 days ago

Hence why I have stopped using FB and IG. Fuck Zuckerberg the Orange Asshat sellout

bosq.bsky.social•77 days ago

Yeah, what's that about? Puzzled.... Obsession with virtual reality, possibly?

jcouture73.bsky.social•77 days ago

They will be using you and your posts to predict behavior. Time to walk away. All these companies want is to learn how to control you. And from how well it worked on MAGA I'm sure an AI can figure out how to control the rest

arleneevers.bsky.social•77 days ago

Looks like I picked the right time to delete my fb account

susieqoualum.bsky.social•78 days ago

Is this going to end up being a control mechanism of social interaction?

loosecannon616.bsky.social•78 days ago

Yes, that is what I was thinking. He will use them to steer the conversation in whatever direction he wants. A form of propaganda.

freealonzo.bsky.social•77 days ago

Less than 18 months ago he was all about the metaverse. Not sure he has any idea what people want.

kieranhannon.bsky.social•77 days ago

Looks like threads is pretty quickly going the way of Xitter. @bsky.app is definitely the best platform

huckdillinger.bsky.social•78 days ago

Makes their numbers look better to investors? What else could be the point?

big0s.bsky.social•77 days ago

Meta is thrilled! Foreign
militaries have huge advertising budgets!

https://www.state.gov/sanctions-in-response-to-attempted-iranian-and-russian-interference-in-u-s-general-election/

kimberleelynn.bsky.social•77 days ago

I keep my FB account open to keep up with my young cousins, but I think it's time to delete the thing.

bulldrek.bsky.social•78 days ago

When/if this happens, it's possibly gonna turn Facebook nearly unusable. Which suck as that's still the primary hub of how I stay connected to friends, and has a lot of useful features that Bluesky doesn't. 😞

katatonia75.bsky.social•78 days ago

There's already a zillion fake bots on Facebook, so I guess a few more can't hurt much.

msdarcyann.bsky.social•77 days ago

Why does he feel the need to emulate the evil doomsday criminal from every animated movie.

sky-not-the-limit.bsky.social•78 days ago

Glad I haven't used Facebook for a while—I won't miss it. The guardrails are now off! Fuck Zuck, et al.

paspuggie48.bsky.social•78 days ago

We struggle today with who's who, let alone when these bots are released 😱

iaincaradoc.bsky.social•75 days ago

What to look for when blocking AI on FB:

cookierambles.bsky.social•78 days ago

Some folks love a tool for propaganda. I am sure lots of folks will be happy with this.

anemiab.bsky.social•78 days ago

That is his contribution to State media.

dorris13rabiu.bsky.social•75 days ago

Facebook, more like Fakebook.

johwondine.bsky.social•77 days ago

Will it drive up his ad revenue?

jacunderatree.bsky.social•77 days ago

Glad I never got on Facebook. Hope it ends up with little more than bots arguing with each other.

owlcatjewelry.bsky.social•73 days ago

Why??

trishly.bsky.social•78 days ago

he's never been interested in the social side...data mining and selling shit + misinformation

lisainyyj.bsky.social•77 days ago

It doesn't matter what people want. They will never leave Facebook. That is the point.

zendragon07.bsky.social•77 days ago

I left it too. Not that there wasn’t some withdrawal, with any addictive drug there is. I made my decision when I was contacted by a member of the Aryan Nation in regards to my two Trans kids by IM. Everything said or posted to Facebook belongs to Facebook and is for sale.

lisainyyj.bsky.social•77 days ago

That is horrible and I am sorry you had to be contacted like that. Facebook even listens to your conversations when not using it. Ads will come up for something you talked about! As a member of the last generation to grow into adulthood without the internet I feel for the upcoming generations.

belleviefarm.bsky.social•77 days ago

I did.

mindfield.bsky.social•77 days ago

Remember when bots were a bad thing to have on your social media site? Pepperidge Farms Bot remembers.

mullinshere.bsky.social•78 days ago

He's rendering the platforms totally useless for users. For advertisers too - AIs aren't going to buy their stuff! More than ever I'm glad all my FB contacts are people I've met face-to-face.

ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social•78 days ago

No one wants this! 🤦🏼‍♀️

sdansarah.bsky.social•78 days ago

Maybe he can come up with ALL AI-generated users and then he can get them all to do whatever he wants. They might not be able to pay much, however, unless he teaches them how to grift. The Metaverse!

ashbow.bsky.social•78 days ago

It looks like META owns WhatsApp too!

firstconsul.bsky.social•77 days ago

The reason New Year's Day (today!) is my last post on FB before I close and brick the account. It's been garbage for years, but since I never see posts of the people I follow, this was the last straw.