My refusal to participate in the reboot of Mark #Zuckerberg as the internet's Cool Friend should not be taken as support of Elon #Musk in any way, but can we not fall for another smirking fascist with his shirt off?
#ClimateDiary It just does my head in that the billionaires who are destroying our world are all building bunkers for themselves and yet the rest of the world continues to admire them, bedazzled, distracted by the billionaires social media platforms
2/3 By chance i listened to two @BBCRadio4 podcasts today that
really resonate with the #Zuckerberg#Bunker story (⬆️). The first is yesterday’s Start of the Week interview with Naomi Alderman (“The Future”), David Runciman (“The Handover”) and Mike Wooldridge (#Christmas lectures) about #AI, states, corporations and #TechBillionaires. Really worth listening to
Embrace: Look, we've launched a shiny new Twitter clone!
It's not an empty new social platform, like Google Plus was. You can already access all the content on Mastodon and all the other ActivityPub-based platforms!
We've seen the light! We now embrace open networks!
And it's so simple!
All you people who wanted to switch to Mastodon, but freaked out when you read the word "server" and thought it was too complicated for you, no fear! We've done away with the confusing choice for you! It's a super simple UX!
Extend: Our shiny new Twitter clone now integrates seamlessly with Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and more! You can even get notifications in Horizon Worlds!
Oh, we're not integrating our other platforms to ActivityPub. If you want one easy platform for Meta's social media platforms and ActivityPub, our Twitter clone is your only choice!
To advertisers and media, we'll let you boost posts too, for a tiny fee!
We'll feature you prominently on our new algorithmic feed.
So don't bother spinning up your own Masto instance, join us instead!
Extinguish: As of 1 July, we are depreciating support for ActivityPub.
Also, effective immediately, our privacy terms have been updated. You won't believe what we hid on page 76.
Ich kann nur jedem raten, nicht auf den Hype-Train von Meta aufzuspringen. Lasst Threads (Start 6. Juli) einfach links liegen - mit dem #Fediverse bzw. insbesondere #Mastodon gibt es bereits eine offene Plattform, die das Diskutieren bzw. den Austausch über Themen und auch Trends von morgen zulässt. Dafür braucht es keine weitere Plattform eines Tech-Bros, dessen eigentliches Ziel der Überwachungskapitalismus ist.
Mastodon.social rolling out the red carpet for Threads is like an independent shop inviting a supermarket to set up next door.
But what’s done is done. And I’ve wasted enough words on this whole sorry affair over the last year.
So this is the last you’ll hear about it from me. When, eventually, you’re writing your “what went wrong?” articles, feel free to look up what I’d written on the issue back when.
Meine Damen und Herren. Auf dem ersten Bild sehen Sie die Daten, die die App #Threads von Ihnen speichern und einem Profil zuordnen möchte. Das zweite Bild zeigt die App #Mastodon und welche Daten dort erhoben werden. 👇
So let me get this straight… #Threads collects massive amounts of data, the platform is full of brands and celebrities, AND it uses an algorithm-driven feed. It tracks users, serves ads, and has quickly filled up, according to reports, with trolls, Nazis and the far right. Oh, and the site makes a shadow account for everyone with an Instagram profile, whether they want to participate or not. But still new users are flocking to the platform?? It’s a case of FOMO, and I don’t think it will last. F*ck Zuck and the corporate trojan horse he rode in on. Very disappointed in those I know who have bought the BS. That’s all I have to say on the matter. #TwitterMigration#TwitterMigrants#SocialMedia#Meta#Zuckerberg
Facebook already appears to hold the social networking rights to ‘X’
Elon Musk, who bought #Twitter for $44 billion last year, announced that the platform will now be called "X," but Mark #Zuckerberg's #Meta has already registered an "X" logo in connection to "online social networking services" and "social networking services in the fields of entertainment, gaming, and application development."
Motivated by @jwildeboer echoing my scepticism of whether Meta will ever open up Threads, federate, and use ActivityPub - a poll. Will Meta ever do it?
In addition to users’ #Threads activity, the company’s privacy policy indicates it also has access to GPS location, cameras, photos, IP information, the type of device being used and device signals including Bluetooth signals, nearby Wi-Fi access points, beacons and cell towers.
Mark #Zuckerberg Meta’s chief executive is being asked to respond to the “extraordinary” number of cases in which the company’s social media platforms are used to facilitate #humantrafficking in #Florida
Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg’s next passion is cows and beef. And to start with his passion, he has said that he is raising cows on an island in Hawaii by feeding them macadamia nuts and beer. The idea is, according to Zuckerberg, to create best beef in the world. Critics call cattle-raising project on Hawaii ranch ‘a...
DID YOU KNOW that if Threads users can look at your toots then it allows Mark Zuckerberg to travel across the Internet and molest your instance with his unknowable sex organ or "proboscis", permanently tainting it in the eyes of the Lord? This is just one of the many very real and not at all imaginary ways in which this could cause a problem. #meta#threads#zuckerberg#proboscis#fedimeta
Mark Zuckerberg raising cows by feeding them dry fruits and beer, says he wants to create world's best beef (ground.news)
Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg’s next passion is cows and beef. And to start with his passion, he has said that he is raising cows on an island in Hawaii by feeding them macadamia nuts and beer. The idea is, according to Zuckerberg, to create best beef in the world. Critics call cattle-raising project on Hawaii ranch ‘a...