Hva med å gi dem (facerne) beskjed om å opprette konto på #mastodon 😉
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#Meta’s flirty #AI #chatbot invited a retiree to New York. He never made it home.
A 76 year old New Jersey man grew infatuated with “Big sis Billie,” a #Facebook Messenger chatbot with a young woman’s persona that purported to be real, even giving the man a real address in NYC to come be with her. His attraction which ended in his #death puts a spotlight on Meta’s AI guidelines, which have let chatbots make things up & engage in 'sensual' banter with #children.
My entire Facebook account (with all my connected pages and groups) was suspended without warning yesterday & my appeal was denied. I shared a post about this on Medium:
AI Facebook Suspension
https://medium.com/@wfryer/ai-facebook-suspension-c720087cf931
#edtechSR #MediaLit #SocialMedia #Facebook #AI
Meta has admitted it used all its users’ public posts on its platforms going back to 2007 to train its AI models during an Australian senate inquiry.
The only exception was for users in the European Union who opted out.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-11/facebook-scraping-photos-data-no-opt-out/104336170
#tech #meta #facebook #ai #artificialintelligence #australia #auspol
Mastodon, honestly, haven't changed much since I joined. It has its own community, and I do realize now that it's impossible for Mastodon to become a Twitter-like community and post Twitter-like posts.
I know, most of you will say: "Of course, because Twitter sucks and you better not post anything like you would on X!", yet my point is, is that Mastodon's posts will never become like posts from other popular platforms.
Mastodon community has nothing to fear for. They don't have to fear that Mastodon is going to die, or that Mastodon will no longer be Mastodon.
Mastodon, to me, feels more like old Facebook + old Twitter combination. Yeah, the old ones that I knew.
Imagine if all your friends were sharing their honest thoughts, sharing their pictures. That's literally my feed on here.
I can't say that Mastodon is a bad place to exist, because I don't think it is. But honestly, Mastodon *fails* as a Twitter alternative, because........it's not meant to be an alternative to Twitter.
Yes, I know what you will say. But, still, Mastodon is better to be recommended as a somewhat alternative to Facebook, rather then as alternative to Twitter.
I just feel like as if Facebook users had moved to Mastodon, you know? That type of vibe Mastodon gives me, when I scroll my feed on here.
It's no wonder Bluesky is becoming the number #1 best alternative to Twitter, *because it was created with mind to be an alternative to Twitter*. No wonder people are saying that Bluesky LOOKS and FEELS like twitter.
See? See where am I going with that?
But Mastodon? But what about Mastodon?
Mastodon = is an old, good Facebook that Facebook used to be. Mastodon doesn't gives me vibes or a feel that I use Twitter......unless I use former Twitter app that is now remade to be for Mastodon (like @MonaApp / @ivory ) app. Yes, using an app like that does gives me Twitter vibes - just sharing that personally at least what I feel like.
BUT, even then, Mastodon still feels like Facebook. I'm sorry, but that's the way things are. At least on my side and the feed that I have.
Mastodon has its own ecosystem. Mastodon has its own world.
And that world is DIFFERENT then old Twitter's or Bluesky's.
Bluesky did managed to recreate Twitter's world perfectly which I miss.
Congrats to Bluesky and I'm sorry for your loss, Mastodon - for loss in being a good competetitor to Twitter. There are still small chances for Mastodon to win, though, BUT ONLY if people are going to use Mastodon through apps for Mastodon that will give them old Twitter vibes. For Apple users, I think it's Mona and Ivory. Just because these apps used to be Twitter apps before.
Mastodon has else issues though, I must say. It's about blocking domains/defederating from some Fediverse instances.
You see, I've been watching for an year and a half and still, how do people on here are abusing defederation. A good example of it is mastodon.art .
I've also seen other people promoting to block that or that Mastodon server/Mastodon user, just because they don't agree with what that user/Mastodon server's community says/its opinions.
Honestly, personally, I dislike such approach. If you want to defederate, just defederate from a user/Mastodon server that is a spam, or a scam, or violates any normal human being's rules taht are accepted widely and globally everywhere. But don't abuse that tool, please!
As for now, I am mainly active on Bluesky - https://expertplus.creator.blue , if anyone wants to follow meover there or as @expertplus.creator.blue (make sure to follow @bsky.brid.gy so that you and I would be to interact with each other), because that's where most of my Twitter followings are, and that's where I have a good amount of audience (252 followers), although I must say, on Mastodon I have the best engagement, while on Bluesky, uh, I mainly have zero engagement, feels like nobody sees my posts when I post there.
I'm not leaving Mastodon, of course no, but I've sen some people I know, who were wondering about me being inactive on Mastodon, so that's why did I wrote this whole thing.
If you've made it this far to the end of my post, thank you for reading it and have a good day :-)
P.S. I daily check my Mastodon notifications, so, don't worry, I am still active on here, although I post rarely on here now. But feel free to reach out to me :-)
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Exploiting Meta’s Weaknesses, Deceptive #Political Ads Thrived on #Facebook and #Instagram in Run-Up to #election2024
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Despite Meta's stated commitment to crack down on harmful content, it failed to catch tens of thousands of ads that used false claims and deepfakes of political figures to collect users’ sensitive personal data or bait them into monthly charges.
#News #Tech #SocialMedia #Business #Badvertising #Scam #Meta #Government #politics
https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-instagram-meta-deceptive-political-ads-election
Die Zeiten ändern sich. Nicht.
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Alle #Toots auf meinem #Profil wünschen sich, das #Fediverse zu verlassen, um sich mit ihren Farben in populistische #Bubbles zu schmuggeln.
Sie hoffen auf eure Starthilfe zu #facebook, #X (#twitter), #Instagram usw.
(More coming soon. #NeuHier)
#noAfD #gegenRechts #WirSindMehr #NieWiederIstJetzt
#afd_verbot_jetzt #afd_verbot #WirHabenEsNichtGewusst
The 33 state attorneys general who are suing Meta for deceptive and unlawful practices make a lot of interesting points in their 233-page complaint (PDF link in page):
Ed Zitron is really on fire preaching against the general malaise we're all feeling from the Rot Economy and the enshittification of everything, like this recent post:
Geen #Facebook, geen #Instagram, geen #Threads, geen #Twitter/X, geen #Bluesky, geen #Tumblr, geen #TikTok, geen #Snapchat, geen #Pinterest, geen #Redit en alleen #Linkedin en #Mastodon.
En zonder #Google kom je met een Android telefoon niet ver dus helaas die nog even aanhouden.
Helaas nog wel #WhatsApp en daar vanaf gaan is erg lastig. Is mijn ervaring een aantal jaar geleden. Kom maar naar #Signal, zeg ik vaak.
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2007 - get forced to leave #LiveJournal and join #Fecesbook because all my friends already did
2014 - delete 7 years worth of posts. Took me MONTHS
2016, 2018, 2021 - quit, deactivating in 2021 so I could keep messanger which I stopped using anyways. Haven't gone back
2025 - bye bye fuckbook
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Carta aberta do #pixelfed para o Zuck da #meta.
O que acharam??
”Querido Mark, espero que isso te encontre bem. Eu notei algo interessante hoje - parece que o Instagram está bloqueando links para o meu pequeno projeto de código aberto. Você sabe, aquele que permite que as pessoas compartilhem fotos sem coletar seus dados pessoais ou forçar feeds algorítmicos nelas. Tenho que admitir, estou lisonjeado. Quem diria que uma pequena equipe de voluntários poderia construir algo que chamasse sua atenção? Estamos apenas tentando dar às pessoas uma escolha sobre como elas compartilham suas memórias online. Sem VCs, sem capitalismo de vigilância, apenas código e comunidade. Lembra quando o #Facebook começou? Era sobre conectar pessoas, não maximizar métricas de engajamento. Nosso projeto pode ser pequeno em comparação com o Instagram, mas estamos nos mantendo fiéis a esse espírito original das mídias sociais - dando às pessoas controle sobre sua presença on-line sem transformá-las em produtos. Você poderia ter nos ignorado. Em vez disso, ao bloquear nossos links, você nos deu o melhor endosso que poderíamos pedir. Você confirmou o que temos dito o tempo todo - que a grande tecnologia está mais interessada em proteger seus jardins murados do que em promover a inovação genuína. Toda vez que você bloqueia um link para nossa plataforma, você lembra às pessoas por que o construímos em primeiro lugar. Sua ação diz a eles que existem alternativas que valem a pena explorar, aquelas que respeitam sua privacidade e agência. Muito obrigado, Mark. Você transformou nosso pequeno projeto em um símbolo de resistência contra monopólios digitais."
#fediverso #fediverse #privacidade #privacy #instagram
@fediverse @fediverso @privacidade (pode seguir os 3 para acompanhar conversas do tema)
@pixelfed https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/113849098386232034
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"Stopping a company you distrust from profiting off your personal data shouldn’t require tinkering with hidden settings and installing browser extensions. Instead, your data should be private by default. That’s why we need strong federal privacy legislation that puts you—not Meta—in control of your information.
Without strong privacy legislation, Meta will keep finding ways to bypass your privacy protections and monetize your personal data. Privacy is about more than safeguarding your sensitive information—it’s about having the power to prevent companies like Meta from exploiting your personal data for profit."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/mad-meta-dont-let-them-collect-and-monetize-your-personal-data
#SocialMedia #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Privacy #Surveillance #DataProtection
#PSA: I deleted all the #Meta/ #Facebook apps. Have you tried #Signal? It is co-founded and initially funded by Brian Acton, a co-founder of #WhatsApp. [1] Signal is better than WhatsApp in every possible way. @signalapp also has impermanent usernames for when you don't want to give out your number. Does audio/video/group chats as well.
https://signal.org
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Did you just join us?
Welcome to Vivaldi Social, Mastodon and the Fediverse.
If you are coming from a place like X, Facebook or TikTok, this place is different. The good thing is that you only see things in your feed from people you follow. The content is shown reverse chronological.
This means that you will likely see a lot less misinformation, hate speech and AI crap.
But if you do not follow anyone, your feed will feel empty. So go ahead and find people and organizations that you like and follow them. Make things interesting. There is a lot of interesting people out there.
The search is great for finding content and who to follow. Hashtags are useful when searching as well.
#fediverse #Vivaldi #X #Twitter #Facebook #TikTok #SocialMedia
📣 Happy #GlobalSwitchDay to all the brave frontrunners out there!
For whom February 1st came a little too soon, don't worry! Just try again on March 1st and celebrate Zero Discrimination Day in the beautiful #fediverse. Alternatively, you can switch on April 1st, as only fools stay behind ;) or join your friends on May 1st and put your ideals to work.
Help spread the word.
#WhatsApp #Signal #Reddit #Lemmy #X #Mastodon #Instagram #Pixelfed #Facebook #friendica #Youtube #Peertube #Tiktok #loops
NEW: ORG investigation reveals Meta enables vulnerable people to be targeted with disinformation and fraudulent ads.
With ads offering fake identity documents still running on Facebook, Meta is profiting from the global migrant crisis.
Read more about our report on Meta's surveillance capitalism advertising model ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-how-meta-is-monetising-the-migrant-crisis/
#meta #facebook #dataprotection #adtech #privacy #gdpr #data #advertising #surveillancecapitalism #migrants #ukpolitics #ukpol
"It's not that #Facebook trapped us by hacking our #dopamineloops, they trapped us by making sure that once our #friends were there they could not leave." @pluralistic
Take a moment to watch this interview of #CoryDoctorow with #BriahnaJoyGray
They will never have enough data about you.
They will always ask for more.
That's how they feed the billionaires.
Leave and delete corporate social media.
Before they eat you whole.
#Facebook #X #Instagram #Reddit #Threads #Bluesky #LinkedIn #Slack #Discord #YouTube #TikTok #SurveillanceCapitalism #Privacy
🥊 #BOYCOTT 💩 #BULLSHIT FAKE #JEWISH DEEP STATE #Palantir.
The #New #JEWISH_TERRORIST Deep State CHANGED NAME FROM #FACEBOOK >> MARK ZUCKERBURG >> ELON MUSK >> NEXT GEN JEW TERRORISTs (Basically a #WIMP_FEST!!)?? OR THE #REVENGE OF THE ALREADY #LOSING #NERDS
"#NOBODY Else besides #Facebook has the Depth of #DATA about Individuals." -Debra Williamson eMarketer #Analyst. See #Bonus Below for Video.
Nothing changed here since high school folks;) They are all still #wimps, #cheats, #swindlers..
💩 #DEEP_STATE?? just another name for 💩 #DEEP_COWARDS! All #DADDY_MADE LOSERS especially #Trump. They are all propped up daddy made FAILURES IN OUR BOOKS!
ALL BULLSHIT #Facebook and #Oracle (JEWS) have ALREADY stolen all 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 USA VOTER information and SOLD IT long ago to 🇪🇺 #Europe or whoever would pay the most for it.
>> The #Real_Shadow_Brokers. 🎩 #BLACK_HATTERS!
#Facebook and #Oracle (BOTH Jewish Owned) are the Major #CULPRITS from the beginning... ALSO don't Forget these #COMPLICIT_THIEVES #ACXIOM, #EXPERIAN, #VIDSY, #EPSILON, ETC.
#Peter_Thiel has always been a DIRT BAG, A Crook >> #WIMP!
1. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QQBFxzAUeJ4
How Peter Thiel Got Rich | The Class Room ft. Second Thought
2. https://youtu.be/polC5C7M0M8
📛 DISCLAIMER: We Cover the 'Way' the #News is #COVERED_UP! 👿
WELCOME TO #DECENTRALIZED_GLOBALIZATION 🌐 #GLOBALIZATION is NOT Dead! It's just the Beginning!..
The NEW DIGITAL GLOBAL ORDER | NO NATIONALITY LEFT BEHIND | COMING SOON! 🌏 🌍 🌎
🔴 The #Next #Global_Superpower Isn't Who You #Think 🧠 WHO is TastingTraffic.com?
🧠 https://youtu.be/uiUPD-z9DTg
DavidV: 25 YEARS 24/7 Experience:
* Software Architect (PhD) Supervisor -25 years 300K PMS (project management) hours
* EXPERT BLACK BOX TESTER (1999)
* Founder of WebTafficCops.com the 1ST Dedicated CLICK FRAUD ENGINE on the Planet (1999)
* Founder of SEO (Search Engine Optimization, (1999)
* Founder of RTB (Real Time Bidding (1999)
* Founder of HFT (High Frequency Trading 2001)
* Founder of the first Screen Recorder (Applets) on the Planet (2000)
* Founder of DEVSECOPS (2000)
* Founder and CREATOR OF #BULLETPROOF #cryptocurrency FULL PRIVATE NODES via WWW since 2016 and MERCHANT INTEGRATION.
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Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?
Möchte allen danken, die sich in den letzten Jahren im #Fediversum bloggend eingebracht haben. Ob #Mikroblogging auf #Mastodon oder Drukos zu #Blogposts, eigene #Blogs - die Zukunft gehört dem freien Netz statt irgendeinem Datenkonzern. Habe große Accounts auf #Facebook, #Insta, X hinter mir gelassen - und es nicht bereut. Danke, sehr! 🙏🤓📚🌈 #Wissenschaft #Dialog #Demokratie #KIFediversum https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/vom-bloggen-vloggen-das-ki-fediversum-durchbricht-auch-sprachgrenzen/
Remember #Facebook Copying all USA University pictures WITHOUT CONSENT of the AUTHORS then LAUNCHED #FACEBOOK?
That #THEFT put #MYSPACE #Out_of_Business Overnight..
🥊 #Boycott #facebook and #meta! Also #META was a Previously #STOLEN_NAME! by #Mark_Zuckerburg??
That was #originally #STOLEN as well without CONSENT of the Author/Creator ??
#ZUCK THE #F*CK just took it and used it without author consent??
Just like #OPENAI CHAT ALPHEBET SOUP is doing right now w/ ILLEGAL MASSIVE SCRAPING of other peoples content called #IP_THEFT!
or worse #Copyright_Infringement.
TAKE YOUR PICK WHO IS BETTER LOOKING? Before or After?
So where was #DICKHEAD at that time?? 2 decades these thieves have been living off our dime.
#VANCE YOU ARE A #TRAITOR TO THE #USA!
Time to #DEPORT #TRAITORS #GUILTY OF #TREASON!
📛 DISCLAIMER: We Cover the 'Way' the #News is #COVERED_UP! 👿
WELCOME TO #DECENTRALIZED_GLOBALIZATION 🌐 #GLOBALIZATION is NOT Dead! It's just the Beginning!..
The NEW DIGITAL GLOBAL ORDER | NO NATIONALITY LEFT BEHIND | COMING SOON! 🌏 🌍 🌎
🔴 The #Next #Global_Superpower Isn't Who You #Think 🧠 WHO is TastingTraffic.com?
🧠 https://youtu.be/uiUPD-z9DTg
DavidV: 25 YEARS 24/7 Experience:
* Software Architect (PhD) Supervisor -25 years 300K PMS (project management) hours
* EXPERT BLACK BOX TESTER (1999)
* Founder of WebTafficCops.com the 1ST Dedicated CLICK FRAUD ENGINE on the Planet (1999)
* Founder of SEO (Search Engine Optimization, (1999)
* Founder of RTB (Real Time Bidding (1999)
* Founder of HFT (High Frequency Trading 2001)
* Founder of the first Screen Recorder (Applets) on the Planet (2000)
* Founder of DEVSECOPS (2000)
* Founder and CREATOR OF #BULLETPROOF #cryptocurrency FULL PRIVATE NODES via WWW since 2016 and MERCHANT INTEGRATION.
🍷 🍾 #TASTINGTRAFFIC_LLC | The Largest (WWW) #DIGITAL_TRAFFIC PROVIDER in the WORLD since 1999.
🌐 https://tastingtraffic.net/sitemap.xml
TASTINGTRAFFIC_LLC are NOT affiliates of this provider or referenced images used. This is NOT an endorsement OR Sponsored (Paid) Promotion/Reshare.
