Of course, billionaires would rather cozy up to people who promise to shield them from consequences. The saddest part? We keep hoping these platforms will want to do the right thing. Maybe that’s on us.
It’s always comforting to know that Meta’s moral backbone is about as sturdy as a paper straw.
Every day I feel more and more inclined to go Luddite on data centers. How much better the world would be, if only for several days, if Twitter, Facebook, and even Bluesky were unusable. People would have to touch grass and interact IRL.
Trump and Musk might actually die from withdrawal.
ADDITIONALLY: I don't know anyone under the age of 35 who even uses Facebook other than to be able to use Messenger with their parents. I'm 54 and deleted all of my social media accounts. I did delete LinkedIN, but I had to recreate it after getting stung by yet another tech layoff.
These days I use Discord instead because it's like old school BBS/Forum servers where a community of people who know each other, usually IRL know each other, keep in touch and share a common passion. My mental health improved significantly.
Another few centuries of dystopia and a few world wars until we finally rein them in? Just like what happened after the 'physical automation ' ('industrial') revolution?
Do we have the luxury of that time, given the ecology?
At least we agree that Zuckerberg is a sniveling, self-aggrandizing fraud. And we agree about civility. But your revisionist history on everything from the Russian Collusion nonsense to the quiet hysteria you preach while warning about the apocalypse of nastiness that is about to envelope us, your silent support of law fare and of the collusion between the DNC and the Intel Community led by John Brennan, a proven liar, and endorsed by Hillary and Obama, and your failure to recognize that the political tides are continuing to recede for the Dems continues to undercut your veracity and analysis Your singular hope is that Trump screws up, which is eminently possible. And your main complaint is that Zuck is a money whore who will not support your candidates in the near future. If Trump avoids foolish wars, improves an economy left in tatters by Biden , continues his successful attack on DEI proponents in the corporate world, puts a tax reduction in place and addresses the immigration fiasco committed by Biden the Dems will not see a Dem President light issue from the White House until 2036. And no amount of Zack's money distributed to your heroes will change that result.
Well said. The tell in Zuck's statement is the reference to "legacy media" which as we now know from Elon, "has to die."
Of course, billionaires would rather cozy up to people who promise to shield them from consequences. The saddest part? We keep hoping these platforms will want to do the right thing. Maybe that’s on us.
It’s always comforting to know that Meta’s moral backbone is about as sturdy as a paper straw.
Every day I feel more and more inclined to go Luddite on data centers. How much better the world would be, if only for several days, if Twitter, Facebook, and even Bluesky were unusable. People would have to touch grass and interact IRL.
Trump and Musk might actually die from withdrawal.
ADDITIONALLY: I don't know anyone under the age of 35 who even uses Facebook other than to be able to use Messenger with their parents. I'm 54 and deleted all of my social media accounts. I did delete LinkedIN, but I had to recreate it after getting stung by yet another tech layoff.
These days I use Discord instead because it's like old school BBS/Forum servers where a community of people who know each other, usually IRL know each other, keep in touch and share a common passion. My mental health improved significantly.
Another few centuries of dystopia and a few world wars until we finally rein them in? Just like what happened after the 'physical automation ' ('industrial') revolution?
Do we have the luxury of that time, given the ecology?
At least we agree that Zuckerberg is a sniveling, self-aggrandizing fraud. And we agree about civility. But your revisionist history on everything from the Russian Collusion nonsense to the quiet hysteria you preach while warning about the apocalypse of nastiness that is about to envelope us, your silent support of law fare and of the collusion between the DNC and the Intel Community led by John Brennan, a proven liar, and endorsed by Hillary and Obama, and your failure to recognize that the political tides are continuing to recede for the Dems continues to undercut your veracity and analysis Your singular hope is that Trump screws up, which is eminently possible. And your main complaint is that Zuck is a money whore who will not support your candidates in the near future. If Trump avoids foolish wars, improves an economy left in tatters by Biden , continues his successful attack on DEI proponents in the corporate world, puts a tax reduction in place and addresses the immigration fiasco committed by Biden the Dems will not see a Dem President light issue from the White House until 2036. And no amount of Zack's money distributed to your heroes will change that result.
LOL wut?