I’m doubling down on FB stock. See all you haters in 10 years :)
Just because I hate it doesn't mean I can't profit off of it.
Metabook
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#12> Start a site on Neocities, share photos on Pixelfed, or write your thoughts on Write.as — to name a few. This would be a more convincing pitch if it didn't end with "now just use different centralized services that nobody uses". We need protocols, not platform capitalism. We need easy self-hosting, not reliance on third-party middle men and rent-seekers. I should be able to click an app on my computer and have my o…
Pixelfed and Mastodon are listed, and they are both ActivityPub.
Re: Metabook
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Right! No body is forcing you Kind of. Workplaces, schools, academic environments definitely force the usage of some tool over another, or spending more or less time on screens. I am thankful that my new university uses BigBlueButton and hybrid teaching, since I spent the past two years on Microsoft Teams.
I see. So you were forced but found an alternative. That's great to hear.
No, I just saw the change after moving to another university for another degree (of course not for these reasons).
Re: Metabook
#14> Start a site on Neocities, share photos on Pixelfed, or write your thoughts on Write.as — to name a few. This would be a more convincing pitch if it didn't end with "now just use different centralized services that nobody uses". We need protocols, not platform capitalism. We need easy self-hosting, not reliance on third-party middle men and rent-seekers. I should be able to click an app on my computer and have my o…
> I should be able to click an app on my computer and have my own web page running in seconds, that anyone can find and follow.
There's literally thousands if not tens of thousands of hosting providers and software packages that offer just that. I can get some hosting with DirectAdmin to install e.g. Wordpress on it within minutes. Following is through RSS feeds. Finding is down to Google, which in turn is down to you, the author, writing good stuff.
Re: Metabook
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Right! No body is forcing you Kind of. Workplaces, schools, academic environments definitely force the usage of some tool over another, or spending more or less time on screens. I am thankful that my new university uses BigBlueButton and hybrid teaching, since I spent the past two years on Microsoft Teams.
I see. So you were forced but found an alternative. That's great to hear.
He didn't find an alternative. The university did.
Re: Metabook
#16I’m doubling down on FB stock. See all you haters in 10 years :)
god, i hope you’re kidding
Serious question about socially ethical investing.
Is one truly making a statement and helping Evilcorp by buying stock?
Or is it more of a zero sum game where it's going to the market price with or without you; might as well make more money there and use the winnings somewhere more socially responsible?
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#17I’m doubling down on FB stock. See all you haters in 10 years :)
Hi from AOL in 2001!
Re: Metabook
#18>We don't need to keep living inside screens — especially ones controlled by Mark. We don't need to accept Facebook's domination of the digital world. Right! No body is forcing you. Ironically, these kinds of anxious reactions are symptoms of the very same pathological gregariousness that is the problem with social media in the first place.
Up until the point where people start organizing things as facebook events and you are out of luck if you don't have an account.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
god, i hope you’re kidding
Serious question about socially ethical investing. Is one truly making a statement and helping Evilcorp by buying stock? Or is it more of a zero sum game where it's going to the market price with or without you; might as well make more money there and use the winnings somewhere more socially responsible?
Yes, buying (and in turning raising the price of) stock does help the corporation
Re: Metabook
#20Of all big tech companies Fb is
- the least innovative,
- has the worst corporate governance,
- purest advertising company,
- The CEO is not good but has dominant share of votes.
Facebook is relevant only because they spend their way out of trouble and buy competition. The US and EU regulators are going to remove that tactics. Good luck getting EU approval for any new Whatsapp, Instagram acquisition.
There is no clear avenue for them to stop doing the negative things they do, but they are not even trying. They just treat it as PR problem.