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Re: Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos you haven’t yet shared

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Post by rglullis »

cornfieldlabs wrote: post #364
rglullis wrote: post #224

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> PostX is a private, no-clout, no-AI social network for close friends What can you possibly offer in this space that can not be done with a messaging group on WhatsApp/Signal/Matrix/XMPP ? - They are invite only - They are not public - People share updates in chronological order

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44402600 Basically group chats work only when everyone knows each other

> Group chats work when everyone knows each other.

That is (a) not true and (b) a non-issue, because you can create as many groups as you'd like.

> PostX is indeed something like a private blogging space. I just wanted a place where I can dump my thoughts without feeling like seeking immediate attention.

So, you are working on yet-another blog engine and you are promoting it like it's some revolutionary new idea? It may be interested for you if you want to treat it as some exercise, but do you see how underwhelming this seems to anyone else?

Re: Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos you haven’t yet shared

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Post by inquirerGeneral »

wpm wrote: post #369
exe34 wrote: post #355

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> They kept the $25 - not even appeals were allowed/entertained. I got "final.. no further response" and that was it, literally no further response on it. It's the kind of thing I'd send to the small claims court out of spite.

Not even, I’d reverse the charge with my bank/credit card company.

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Re: Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos you haven’t yet shared

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Post by backendEngineer »

pyman wrote: post #238

The joy of deleting Facebook in 2021 is something I'll never be able to put into words. A company that's right up there with gambling and tobacco: designed to keep you hooked, no matter the cost.

just deleted that trash in 2025, fuck Zuck

Re: Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos you haven’t yet shared

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Post by cornfieldlabs »

rglullis wrote: post #371
cornfieldlabs wrote: post #364

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44402600 Basically group chats work only when everyone knows each other

> Group chats work when everyone knows each other. That is (a) not true and (b) a non-issue, because you can create as many groups as you'd like. > PostX is indeed something like a private blogging space. I just wanted a place where I can dump my thoughts without feeling like seeking immediate attention. So, you are working on yet-another blog engine and you are promoting it like it's some revolutionary new idea? It…

I am solving a problem I myself had and seeing if anyone else might find it interesting.

It may or may not take off like every other startup and I am fine with it.

Why the snark?

Re: Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos you haven’t yet shared

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Post by rglullis »

cornfieldlabs wrote: post #375
rglullis wrote: post #371

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Group chats work when everyone knows each other. That is (a) not true and (b) a non-issue, because you can create as many groups as you'd like. > PostX is indeed something like a private blogging space. I just wanted a place where I can dump my thoughts without feeling like seeking immediate attention. So, you are working on yet-another blog engine and you are promoting it like it's some revolutionary new idea? It…

I am solving a problem I myself had and seeing if anyone else might find it interesting. It may or may not take off like every other startup and I am fine with it. Why the snark?

There is no snark. I'm just genuinely trying to warn you that you seem to be going down a rabbit-hole. You seem to be more enamored by working on your solution rather than solving your problem.

For you, it might be that exercising your design/coding/architecture chops might be valuable in itself - which is totally fine. But do not think for a second that other people need to particularly care about your solution to a problem, when there are already hundreds of similar projects that are more mature, more familiar and ready to be deployed.

Re: Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos you haven’t yet shared

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Post by cornfieldlabs »

rglullis wrote: post #376
cornfieldlabs wrote: post #375

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am solving a problem I myself had and seeing if anyone else might find it interesting. It may or may not take off like every other startup and I am fine with it. Why the snark?

There is no snark. I'm just genuinely trying to warn you that you seem to be going down a rabbit-hole. You seem to be more enamored by working on your solution rather than solving your problem. For you, it might be that exercising your design/coding/architecture chops might be valuable in itself - which is totally fine. But do not think for a second that other people need to particularly care about your solution to a…

(edited) Thanks!

We’re doing this just as an experiment — it doesn’t have to turn into anything big, so no rabbit hole problem.

English isn’t my first language, so it’s sometimes hard for me to infer things from just text.

Really appreciate your thoughts, especially since you’ve done a lot of work in this space.

We don’t think our idea is “revolutionary” or anything like that, and we’re not trying to spin it as one. At best, it might take off; at worst, it’s just a way to practice our programming skills.

Re: Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos you haven’t yet shared

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Post by strogonoff »

wkat4242 wrote: post #149
strogonoff wrote: post #139

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Photography stealing someone’s soul is easy to discount as an obvious misconception, but if you think of “soul” as a shortcut metaphor for some difficult to describe sociopsychological phenomena then there is some food for thought in it. First, for most of us in daily life, once you know you are being photographed you exit any context you were in and enter the new “I am being photographed” context. In some important…

> First, for most of us in daily life, once you know you are being photographed you exit any context you were in and enter the new “I am being photographed” context. In some important way, you are stolen from the world around you for a period of time. Your body is still present, but you might be thinking about how this all would look at any later time. This does not apply when photography is specifically arranged by…

It is always awkward for me, but if it is pre-arranged then I wouldn’t count it as metaphorical “soul theft”.

There is a vague line though. As a photographer I worry if I ask someone and they agree because they feel bad saying no (so I almost never shoot human subjects as a result). Some photographers (this is mostly arranged scenarios) on the other hand are so good at communication that they sort of help the right parts of the “soul” come forward and the subject enjoys having a record of it.

Re: Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos you haven’t yet shared

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Post by litmus-pit-git »

exe34 wrote: post #355
litmus-pit-git wrote: post #354

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Google had banned (years ago) my secondary Google a/c that at best I used once in a few months - never even browed from a browser with that a/c logged in, never ever used it for anything other than Gmail - I doubt YT etc was even activated on that. The reason given was a kind of porn that I can't bring myself to type the name of. I didn't even think of appealing - I was so fucking scared and ashamed without ever indu…

> They kept the $25 - not even appeals were allowed/entertained. I got "final.. no further response" and that was it, literally no further response on it. It's the kind of thing I'd send to the small claims court out of spite.

It doesn't happen in my country and the charge is from sometimes back. I kept looking for records of that transaction but could not find it.

Re: Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos you haven’t yet shared

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Post by ethagnawl »

fsflover wrote: post #350
ethagnawl wrote: post #100

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This is why I just spent weeks tracking down a modern device that I could vendor unlock and install LineageOS on. It's no longer possible on recent OnePlus devices and many people selling other brands on Swappa and Amazon claim their devices are vendor unlockable when they're actually just carrier unlockable. I don't want any vendor's crapware running on my device. I hate that I "have to" use Google Play to function…

> I should sit down and try something like postmarketOS or Mobian as a portable Linux machine is what I really want ... Or you can buy Librem 5 with preinstalled Debian-like OS. Works for me.

Coincidentally, I just saw the announcement about the Fairphone 6 which is similar to the above _and_ is able to be repaired or upgraded by mere mortals.
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