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Re: Meta won't let you block its AI account on Threads

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Post by cwnyth »

Arainach wrote: post #23
siren2026 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I deleted all my meta accounts a couple years ago (Facebook, Instagram). When I did it I was afraid I would miss out. Nope: 5 years after I feel good about not being a dopamine-addicted sheep (At least to Meta). It makes me sick to my stomach whenever I go to a public place and see so many people mindlessly losing their life watching reels and stories full of ads. I Used to take the Caltrain and I estimate >50% of th…

What does your social life look like? Because the reality for me is that in any major city, a significant number of places - even if they technically have websites - post all of their events and happenings on Instagram/FB. Sure, I can talk to my close friends on any number of IM platforms, but if I want to get out and have new experiences, join club meetups, be notified of events at venues I care about, etc. - it's M…

Maybe I'm just too old for the kinds of activities you're looking to get into, but I haven't had a Facebook since 2014, and had an IG account for just a month or two during the pandemic, and I've had zero qualms finding out information about what I wanted to do or see.

It's definitely not the size of the city that matters, as I was in NYC and only recently relocated to a smaller (but still major) city.

Re: Meta won't let you block its AI account on Threads

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Post by NDlurker »

I only re-activate Facebook when I want to buy something from Marketplace. Deleted the IG app again recently. Also figured out how to change settings on YouTube so I can't scroll through reels and turned off auto play. I'm banned from Reddit and Twitter. Never got into Tik Tok or Threads. Very happy about all of that

Re: Meta won't let you block its AI account on Threads

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Post by protocolture »

yangm97 wrote: post #50
asdff wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yup, on the internet these days it is fine to talk about the most vile and disgusting things you can imagine, to a point. And that point is if you say joke about apoptosis and an elected official or some billionaire in the same sentence, it is [ Removed by Reddit ]. It is amazing the era of censorship we find ourselves in today and no one seems to be complaining about it either.

Oh I see plenty of people complaining but only a few are willing to try another platform like nostr or mastodon or whatever else. “I don’t want a solution, I want to be mad”

I have been a mastodon user for ages. Its a great platform.

But I haven't been able to recruit for it. And the app I used died and was removed from the play store. I use it to read interesting conversations between european hackers.

It certainly hasnt paid dividends to run my own masto server. I will be retiring it and moving my account somewhere else. I dont post anything there, because nobody I know is there, and so why care about owning my own data?

Metcalfe was right etc etc.

Re: Meta won't let you block its AI account on Threads

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Post by coffeefirst »

Arainach wrote: post #23
siren2026 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I deleted all my meta accounts a couple years ago (Facebook, Instagram). When I did it I was afraid I would miss out. Nope: 5 years after I feel good about not being a dopamine-addicted sheep (At least to Meta). It makes me sick to my stomach whenever I go to a public place and see so many people mindlessly losing their life watching reels and stories full of ads. I Used to take the Caltrain and I estimate >50% of th…

What does your social life look like? Because the reality for me is that in any major city, a significant number of places - even if they technically have websites - post all of their events and happenings on Instagram/FB. Sure, I can talk to my close friends on any number of IM platforms, but if I want to get out and have new experiences, join club meetups, be notified of events at venues I care about, etc. - it's M…

The first thing I did when I quit social media was sign up for the newsletter of every concert venue in town. I never overlooked a show.

I can’t speak to your interests or city, but as a rule, the greatest trick the social apps ever pulled was convincing the world that they are the only way to receive information.

Re: Meta won't let you block its AI account on Threads

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Post by jjtheblunt »

add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #26
Lucasoato wrote: post #11

I tried threads but had to leave it so quickly. All the posts I see are just baits, people trying to say controversial/stupid things just to seek attention and reaction. I don't know much about social media algorithms, but if the result is that I'm constantly fed with things I don't want to see, maybe it's not the platform I want to be in.

It's like someone tried to make 2020s Twitter without white supremacy but didn't understand that 2020s Twitter is worthless even without that.

X / Twitter has excellent published scientific (like actual scientific, not bologna) research paper content...BUT it's a chore tuning it to shunt all the rage baiting bullshit, i find.

Re: Meta won't let you block its AI account on Threads

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Post by Cider9986 »

Arainach wrote: post #23
siren2026 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I deleted all my meta accounts a couple years ago (Facebook, Instagram). When I did it I was afraid I would miss out. Nope: 5 years after I feel good about not being a dopamine-addicted sheep (At least to Meta). It makes me sick to my stomach whenever I go to a public place and see so many people mindlessly losing their life watching reels and stories full of ads. I Used to take the Caltrain and I estimate >50% of th…

What does your social life look like? Because the reality for me is that in any major city, a significant number of places - even if they technically have websites - post all of their events and happenings on Instagram/FB. Sure, I can talk to my close friends on any number of IM platforms, but if I want to get out and have new experiences, join club meetups, be notified of events at venues I care about, etc. - it's M…

If all you need is to view the restaurant/event, imginn.com or kittygr.am works well enough for me. I also like libredirect because it blocks the network connections and is convenient, shame that it's a browser extension it could really be built into the browser or something.

Re: Meta won't let you block its AI account on Threads

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Post by Cider9986 »

yangm97 wrote: post #50
asdff wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yup, on the internet these days it is fine to talk about the most vile and disgusting things you can imagine, to a point. And that point is if you say joke about apoptosis and an elected official or some billionaire in the same sentence, it is [ Removed by Reddit ]. It is amazing the era of censorship we find ourselves in today and no one seems to be complaining about it either.

Oh I see plenty of people complaining but only a few are willing to try another platform like nostr or mastodon or whatever else. “I don’t want a solution, I want to be mad”

Mastodon might be better for corporate censorship, but I remember hearing that federated platforms can have problems with censorship from instances blocking each other.

I tried Nostr but there wasn't a great algorithim. All the interesting things are on twitter. I don't really see a huge point in having an account on twitter, though—it feels like all comments go into the void.

I just use xcancel.

Re: Meta won't let you block its AI account on Threads

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Post by amanaplanacanal »

nevdka wrote: post #48
tapoxi wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not just text people? Am I missing something?

There are a lot of group chats I'm not in because I'm not on messenger.

Messenger is the only thing I kept my Facebook account for. I don't use any of their other products.
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