Metabook
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Metabook
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#2I’m doubling down on FB stock.
See all you haters in 10 years :)
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#3>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.
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#4I’m doubling down on FB stock. See all you haters in 10 years :)
god, i hope you’re kidding
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#5https://archive.md/WtGL1
Is it part of the joke that this page is empty without JS and contains dozens of fingerprinted resources, many of them from Facebook's CDN?
Edit: BTW, mbasic.facebook.com is one of the most accessible and compatible sites out of all the big leagues.
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#6I’m doubling down on FB stock. See all you haters in 10 years :)
Since when does stock value reflect the ethical concerns about a company?
In any case, best wishes.
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#7>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.
> 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.
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#8> 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 own web page running in seconds, that anyone can find and follow.
The fact we don't is how platforms like Facebook are able to dominate, and the even worse fact is this was deliberate.
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#9>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.
I and many others over the years have just stopped going to Facebook, not because of Principles or whatever, but just because it's the same shit every day. I don't know anyone anymore that obsessively uses Facebook or Instagram (I know, anecdotal). "The youth" is on more entertainment-focused things like tiktok, and people that want to keep in the loop (and argue about it) go to twitter.
But I don't feel like people are beholden to anyone. But again, that's purely anecdotal. People who are unaware and/or indifferent are more at risk.
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#10>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.
> 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.