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Re: Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social networking era

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Post by choward »

oska wrote: post #379
choward wrote: post #63

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> Nobody hates Facebook users more than Facebook And nobody hates Facebook more than Facebook users. I don't use Facebook and because of that I don't have many problems with it. Same goes for the people that don't use Facebook that I know. The only people I see complaining about Facebook are Facebook users.

To give a counterexample of one, I've never been a user of Facebook (never signed up to FB, IG or WA) but I absolutely loathe the company and its sociopathic behaviour under Zuckerberg. I hate everything the company represents. I take an active interest in its travails and will celebrate its downfall.

I agree with that. I just mean I'm pretty much never directly interacting with Facebook so I don't have to think about them. People who use Facebook every day are constantly experiencing the terribleness directly. So yes, I hate Facebook, but luckily it's not a direct part of my life so I don't have to think about it.

Re: Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social networking era

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Post by kortilla »

NonNefarious wrote: post #676
kortilla wrote: post #664

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People who use the phrase “red-state cousin-humpers” are generally pretty stupid, but I’ll go ahead and try to explain it. The context of this discussion was large populations that might sustain a social network. Implying that people who engage in incest in states that have a majority of Republican voters in recent elections would be a large enough population to sustain a social network is obviously laughable in the…

Your comments reveal that YOU'RE a bigot, in addition to not even being the initial bigot. However, when it comes to cousin-humping, I'm going to double down on the assertion that red states win the contest. And hey, it turns out that I'm not the only one: https://www.thefreemanonline.org/what-state-has-the-most-inc... In case you're too lazy to click, here are the top 20: Kentucky, Maine, Delaware, Virginia, Marylan…

You’re still too confused to understand why that doesn’t imply anything about red states as a general statement and wouldn’t be relevant for keeping a social network alive (what this thread is about).

Here is an exercise for you. New Mexico is not a red state. What generalization do think was being made about “red-state cousin-humpers” that wouldn’t apply to the New Mexico cousin-humpers?

Re: Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social networking era

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Post by fxbe12 »

somedude895 wrote: post #549
concordDance wrote: post #538

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No, it was definitely possible to meet new people. The propagation of these closed spaces worsens the loneliness epidemic, which is way worse than at any point in history.

The closed space of a group chat with friends worsens the loneliness epidemic? And arguing with random strangers on Reddit alleviates it? It's very much the opposite. Big, open and often anonymous social spaces are terrible at making you feel part of a group. Spaces with few people who you actually know and like and can depend on are key to not feeling lonely, and yes they tend to be closed.

Exactly, the reason that people feel so alone is because of void "interactions" on social media.

Re: Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social networking era

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Post by invig »

Nextgrid wrote: post #606
nonrandomstring wrote: post #477

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> one day they will simply slink away in the middle of the night leaving several thousand mine workers unemployed and holding the bag. When that day comes, the moment Facebook and Meta are declared dead I will go out, order the most expensive bottle of champagne, and celebrate all night. Future generations of an advanced technological society will look back in horror and disbelief that a small cadre of privateers wer…

The problem is not Facebook or Meta. The problem is the disgusting business model of targeted advertising coupled with algorithmic curation of content to increase ad impressions. Facebook happens (happened?) to play that game perfectly but it's not limited to them by any means and another player will just take its place if Meta dies. I'll keep my bottle of champagne for the day targeted advertising is regulated away,…

Why do you signal out “targeted” advertising? Would it be a different story if they advertising was not targeted? I think it would probably be an even worse junk land.

Re: Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social networking era

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Post by invig »

xwdv wrote: post #74

It’s crazy to think the social media era may finally be ending. There’s really no viable platform anymore where you can just go passively keep up with what friends and acquaintances are doing. Everything is about feeding you content you didn’t ask for but may be targeted enough to catch your attention. And for what? To show you some ads here and there? To collect data that can be used to… sell more ads and products?…

The “if we just go back to the old app” theory ignores half the problem. People learn how to be good at instagram and how to use it to their advantage over time.

To pretend that Facebook is the only party extracting value is wrong. People (who aren’t you) cause a lot of the problems that drive these apps to the places they end up.

Turns out that most people would prefer to see the Kardashians over their friends most of the time. Sad, but there it is.

Re: Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social networking era

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Post by fennecfoxy »

4ggr0 wrote: post #487
fennecfoxy wrote: post #461

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Made for you MFY has been around at Macca's for a long, long time. It's not a recent change. It was around long before all of the delivery service apps, and before smartphones were a huge thing, even.

> Made for you MFY has been around at Macca's for a long, long time. It's not a recent change. Don't know where you're from, but you gotta remember that Macca's is not quite the same all around the world. In Europe as an example, you can notice clear differences between the different countries Macca's. So even though MFY exists for a long time where you live, it's very well possible that the other persons local Macca…

Originally New Zealand (so makes sense as we're used as a test market for a lot of stuff) but UK now. I'm surprised, even with us as a test market, that it took _so_ long to propagate to other countries, though. Sure Macca's has diffs, but usually only in menu, their general restaurant practice usually seem to be pretty in-sync.
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