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

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Post by notabotiswear »

tardedmeme wrote: post #52
analogpixel wrote: post #2

You can block all their content, just delete your account.

If you really hate a company, you won't delete your account. You'll run spam on that (verified human) account or sell it to some third party who wants an account for spamming.

I mean, these companies are themselves providing the tools to mass produce what would be labelled “spam,” the topic of the OP itself.

Deleting your account may not make even a pixel of difference in their KPI graphs, but -in addition to the mental benefits- you get the moral one of not being a participant in this mess…

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

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Post by siren2026 »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #59
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…

"When I did it I was afraid I would miss out." All the cool kids left FB a decade ago. You're not missing anything.

well yeah I know that now. But they engineer it so that you feel really bad about trying to leave.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

notabotiswear wrote: post #71
tardedmeme wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you really hate a company, you won't delete your account. You'll run spam on that (verified human) account or sell it to some third party who wants an account for spamming.

I mean, these companies are themselves providing the tools to mass produce what would be labelled “spam,” the topic of the OP itself. Deleting your account may not make even a pixel of difference in their KPI graphs, but -in addition to the mental benefits- you get the moral one of not being a participant in this mess…

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

#74

Post by manyatoms »

jjtheblunt wrote: post #67
add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I had assumed all the science moved elsewhere by now, like bluesky

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

#75

Post by SilverElfin »

analogpixel wrote: post #2

You can block all their content, just delete your account.

Is there an easy way to delete all of your comments and likes and all of that first? Or at least to randomly alter them into garbage? They make it impossible to do bulk things.

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

#76

Post by jjtheblunt »

manyatoms wrote: post #74
jjtheblunt wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I had assumed all the science moved elsewhere by now, like bluesky

there could be more there that i don't see

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

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Post by oulu2006 »

siren2026 wrote: post #29
pimeys wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Go to clubs and check the events from ra.co. Go to concerts and art galleries they all have web pages. Berlin, Germany

Or dice in NYC. Most venues and places are slowly going away from closed gardens.

or https://sydneygigguide.net/dl/893a15 in Sydney.

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

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Post by tardedmeme »

notabotiswear wrote: post #71
tardedmeme wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you really hate a company, you won't delete your account. You'll run spam on that (verified human) account or sell it to some third party who wants an account for spamming.

I mean, these companies are themselves providing the tools to mass produce what would be labelled “spam,” the topic of the OP itself. Deleting your account may not make even a pixel of difference in their KPI graphs, but -in addition to the mental benefits- you get the moral one of not being a participant in this mess…

They only support spam when it aligns with their own incentives. They hate when other people come along and spam the platform for free.

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

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Post by nullandvoid »

NDlurker wrote: post #62

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

To add to this for youtube the unhook extension is great to block everything other than search and playing vids

Then I permanently block youtube and reddit on phone. I've explored quite a few blockers - AppBlock for android is the best I've used / has no bugs on my now older s21.

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