I concur. I just deleted threads, which I had used as an alternative to X. Bluesky is better. I'll be leaving FB soon as well. And I decided not to apply to some jobs at Meta I had been looking at as I retire from the Army. I can't be part of a company that hates my LGTB kids.
Toxic billionaires and their products are enemies to Americans.
It may take Tesla and Crypto to crash though before the tech bros sycophants really understand.
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I gotta respect it. I have deleted Insta and Facebook off my phone. They only live on my iPad. And I’m also restricting myself to posting anti Trump posts and Happy Birthday posts. That’s it.
Got off Facebook and Twitter several years ago. Best thing I ever did. Both seem to be run by megalomaniacs.
Still is unbelievable to me that people give these guys all the free data they need to sell to advertisers. Don’t they get it. Zuck and his buddies take every aspect of our lives sell it.
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“Kamala can come work as a made at Mar a Lago” DJT
As he plays last round of golf,
Crosses finger for swear in
Replace Civil Servants by end of year with Elon Robots
This is not only racist and misogynist it’s an insult to every American worker!
#FYdjt #USDemocracy
Me, too. I haven’t left FB because I enjoy the neighborhood FB page, but I quit IG and will no longer purchase from FB. (Some of it wasn’t great anyway to be honest)
He is NOT on the "right side of generative AI copyright dispute." Oh no no no no no! Plagiarism is plagiarism, whether by one live person or one live person who owns the AI. True authors need to get paid for rights subsequent to the original sale of the author's work.
This “great value” is the conundrum we all find ourselves subjected to & these platforms know it & built it purposefully with the growing awareness of their ability to control narratives & promote propaganda while hiding behind the First Amendment. This is why real connections & local/community
I partly agree but FB groups is the only place to reach my potential customers, teachers. They have large community groups and That allows me to offer them my services.
So not buying from people like me who rely on FB is killing the little guy in favour of the all powerful.
I don't think Meta ads work the way he thinks they work. Tracking (cookies, etc) means your purchase can still be correlated to having been shown an ad somewhere without having clicked through
I stopped using Facebook during the first Trump administration. I kept my page, but really don't go there anymore. I'm leaving it for good today. Just closed my Threads account. Instagram is next. If my friends & family don't understand why I'm leaving all Meta platforms, that's on them. I'm done.
I like his strategy as well…I’ve deleted Threads & instagram too…Family is on FB 😖however I always go to website to buy as I got burned by one of their advertisers…
That’s exactly what I did…deactivated Threads and Insta. And my engagement on FB is just enough to keep up with friends. They’re definitely not getting my money. Like Bezos, Zuck is selling nothing I want.
as an elderly person currently recovering from surgery, FB and messenger have been a life-line connection to neighbors and local government, but like this attorney I refuse to click on any advertisements and products.
I get it. I have to keep it for connection to family, friends and work connections.
But recently I learned about the level of invasive data mining that FB messenger engages in on not only your phone but your wifi networks and it’s honestly astonishing.
I plan to deactivate my Facebook, Instagram and Messenger. Just the other day an add on Facebook with an AI generated Dr Barbara O’Neill nearly scammed my 86 yo friend. Facebook has become toxic and dangerous. I don’t need that in my life. This is how I’m responding.
I booked an around the world cruise, sent $10k & it was a scam. Reporting to Facebook does nothing. Thinking of deleting my FB & begin under an alias name for groups only.
I think ppl on fb should make their accounts private, only open to friends list. I don't see all the garbage. Just a lil leak thru but nothing like what I hear about. On X, well I'm not using it anymore, but even there I chose what I wanted to see.
Thousands here on Blue Skye are warning you! It is really depressing, desperate, in vain! It seems pointless! There is no more waiting! You are playing into the hands of Trump, Leon, Putin, Kim Jong Uhn, all billionaires & company! 👇👇👇👇
"In good conscience" - Attention Republican Senators, this is still a thing for some. Find your good conscience; don't confirm the amoral felon's bad nominees.
Bluesky offers a viable, hopeful, pro-democracy alternative to Twitter/X . . .Is there any hope for an equivalent project to create a positive, social media alternative to Facebook?
Look get the fuck out of meta or facebook what ever and take your friends and family along its that simple! Do not promote the insanity that continues to brainwash gullible Americans further eroding our democracy such as it is! Burn that billionaires shit to the ground.
For me, the veil was lifted on election night 2024. Since then I have not turned on cable news once. I listen to local radio when I’m in the car for a few minutes and BBC. I stopped my Amazon addiction. I buy local as much as possible. I don’t shop anywhere that supports the oligarchy. Quit Twitter.
This is me although I wasn't addicted to Amazon. "I stopped my Amazon addiction. I buy local as much as possible. I don’t shop anywhere that supports the oligarchy"
I have not turned on cable either. I am still very concerned and upset about how Biden debate was on their news for frigging weeks. I feel like the democrats hierarchy was fooled into believing Biden couldn’t win. Now look where we are
My sentiment exactly. I saw someone else saying they think ppl should boycott Coca Cola because they are giving Trump money. I get the sentiment but it's pointless. It's not like we didn't know they are like every other corporation trying to make money off us by funding politicians.
Not totally sure I agree with it being "pointless' as loss of revenue is the one thing they do understand but I understand the sentiment. But that is also what they want, capitulation. I actively avoid as best I can those that support Stumpy the Great Orange Skidmark.
Been off it since 2014, I was one of the very early proponents of it, got a lot of people to join, then Fuckerberg showed his true colors so I left. I have had no issues. Get all the info I need other places.
Thanks 4 posting this. Good 4 him! I’m happy I’ve already done what he’s outlined. Threads is gone as is Instagram. I’ve kept FB only to keep up with far flung family & friends. But — I culled my “friends” list a ton so it’s being used for my reasons not Zuck’s. X is long gone. Hoping TikTok stays🤞!
Question: FB knows you spend add’l time looking at ads even if you don’t click or purchase on the app. Do they care if you buy off the app? The marketing still worked. Come Jan 20, I plan to reduce eyeball time on FB and Insta. I’ll open once a week for family updates and pushback on MAGA lies.
I think Zuck will let 🍊 use Facebook as a spy tool so the federal government can spy on citizens and any opposing voices to 🍊 will be deemed “the enemy within” and be dealt with. Listen to what he says
The funniest thing about meta was their VR plan to sell properties near famous people's property like Snoop Dog only without legs, the whole idea was sexless too unlike Secondlife and it's debauchery so why anyone would want to wear vr goggles and do basically nothing was why it was a white elephant
I dumped Threads months ago & FB in 2008. I re-established a friendless FB account to track local events & schedule hair appts. Beyond that, I see no value in FB. I deleted my X acct in Dec & admit I greatly miss it. I like to rant at the source & those targets aren't on bsky.
I was thinking of this strategy. My FB has been deleted but I may create a dummy account to keep up with my local municipalities and news sites. They’re not on Bluesky
I survived easily without FB for years until I moved to the middle of nowhere in 2020. That necessitated the need to create a new account, no other options. I created it in my maiden name,used my dog on the cover page. No one profits because I don't view other pages.
I use multiple ad blockers on my browser and I never see any ads on Facebook. Never. Not a single one. If everyone did that Facebook would be starved of ad revenues.
Nice, and i certainly agree. I am of the generation that keeps in the loop with high school friends, their pets, their knee replacements . . . via facebook. So, as much as I hate Zuck, I wanna stay. I spend 15 min a day clearing my feed by clicking on HIDE AD; Reason: Knows too much!
🙄 “but I’ve decided to stay. I just won’t click ads” well ok then….maybe he needs to consider the old saying “if 9 people are sat at a table and a Nazi sits down with them-there are 10 Nazis at the table”. You don’t get to sit at the table and just ignore what they’re saying. Color me unimpressed.
What a legend. I have tried to get the #boycottMaga tag up and running but even at full tilt I only had like a thousand hits. We must NOT continue to fund neo Nazi Red States and businesses and their advertising platforms. We need to go out of our way just a bit in order to hit them where it hurts.
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It may take Tesla and Crypto to crash though before the tech bros sycophants really understand.
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Still is unbelievable to me that people give these guys all the free data they need to sell to advertisers. Don’t they get it. Zuck and his buddies take every aspect of our lives sell it.
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“Kamala can come work as a made at Mar a Lago” DJT
As he plays last round of golf,
Crosses finger for swear in
Replace Civil Servants by end of year with Elon Robots
This is not only racist and misogynist it’s an insult to every American worker!
#FYdjt #USDemocracy
Kudos to him.
So not buying from people like me who rely on FB is killing the little guy in favour of the all powerful.
1: algorithm designed to fail the end user even when it seems to work right - here it fails the user by exploitation
2: poorly written algorithm that simply doesn't quite work
AI - often is #Asshole_Intelligence... for the same reasons
That means things are 10 times worse than what we publicly know.
Desperate for replacement Instagram and FB ads. They're best of breed unfortunately and I don't know where to go for the same reach.
But recently I learned about the level of invasive data mining that FB messenger engages in on not only your phone but your wifi networks and it’s honestly astonishing.
No one needs an AI personal assistant career coach. Etc.
The best use is in medicine. Detecting cancer or searching for cures
They are looking at nuclear reactors because electricity is not enough power
Excellent points!
Let's more Meta clients do this!
#Meta
#Zuckerberg: a"Musk wannabe"... 😉
A family Discord could be the worst thing ever or the best thing ever.
There are way more of us than them, they may have the money, but they fear our numbers and our wrath.
He can afford to get help too.
We must stop telling ourselves lies to make ourselves feel better about our bad decisions.
If these fascistic oligarchs don't feel any pain, how will they change their anti-democracy behavior?
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