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Replied recently to someone? recently. They referred to South Park #SouthPark S14E04. So I downloaded last night and it's the crew at their social-critiquing best.
They rip #Facebook a new asshole (aka arsehole). Pretty sure I watched that very ep. circa 2010?
Nailed Facebook's eternal playing on our trust and empathy.
A Farewell to Facebook
"By the time you get this note – assuming you find it – I’ll have moved on. And this time I won’t be coming back. I want you to know it isn’t me, it’s you. You’ve changed and I don’t like what you’ve become.
"To be honest, I’ve been thinking about breaking it off for a while now, but your latest little tantrum made up my mind for me. You slammed the door on me, and I guess you thought I’d come crawling back, desperate to win your approval."
https://www.phototimetunnel.com/farewell-my-lovely-the-end-of-the-affair
Local Newcastle (NSW) journalist kicked off Facebook after building a 40,000-strong community. Definitely NOT the place to start a business or depend on for, well, anything.
Forscher Bram Vranken von Corporate Europe Observatory warnt: Ursula von der Leyens Deregulierungsagenda öffne der aggressiven Lobbyarbeit der großen Technologieunternehmen Tor und Tür. „Big Tech versucht mit aller Macht strengere Regeln in der EU zu verhindern. So gibt es inzwischen fast 900 registrierte Lobbyisten, die Einfluss auf Digitalgesetze nehmen wollen – mehr als es Abgeordnete im EU-Parlament gibt
Forscher Bram Vranken von Corporate Europe Observatory warnt: Ursula von der Leyens Deregulierungsagenda öffne der aggressiven Lobbyarbeit der großen Technologieunternehmen Tor und Tür. „Big Tech versucht mit aller Macht strengere Regeln in der EU zu verhindern. So gibt es inzwischen fast 900 registrierte Lobbyisten, die Einfluss auf Digitalgesetze nehmen wollen – mehr als es Abgeordnete im EU-Parlament gibt
By pure coincidence, @pluralistic 's reminder that everyone (Americans included) needs to reduce their tech dependence on the American broligarchy happened during a major AWS outage.
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/20/post-american-internet/
#bigtech #AWS #Microsoft #Google #Apple #Facebook #Meta #X #Twitter #Amazon
So there’s a new Guardian interview with Jimmy Wales out (to promote his new book, with an affiliate link for the Guardian in it) titled “‘People thought I was a communist doing this as a non-profit’: is Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales the last decent tech baron?”* that’s making the rounds here.
For those who only read the headlines, here’s a TL;DR: No. There is no such thing as decent tech baron, that’s an oxymoron.
From the article itself:
“‘I’m actually quite in favour of business and capitalism and all that.’ (He’s currently president of Fandom, an ad-funded entertainment site that hosts user-edited pages, owned by private equity firm TPG Capital).”
And:
“Does he still regard Musk, the world’s richest man, as a friend? ‘Friends is probably a little strong. I mean, not, not that –‘ he sputters, editing himself in real time. ‘I want to be careful how I say that, only because I’ve met him maybe five or six times, so that I would be overstating to say friends. We’ve been friendly, and even now he’s much nicer to me in private than you might think. I mean, he’s got a big public persona, and that’s a little bit different from the private Elon, who I think is more thoughtful.’”
Also, some more background:
https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/115445244962527420
#JimmyWales #wikipedia #theGuardian #bookPromotion #capitalism #ElonMusk #adTech #zeroRating #Facebook #Meta #surveillanceCapitalism #regulation
Quanti di voi utilizzano #Friendica ?
Lo sto provando un po', devo dire che i gruppi sono carini, ma lo trovo tanto lento e poco reattivo rispetto a Mastodon.
Mastodon è veloce, carino da vedere, Friendica mi sembra un #Facebook del 2005.
I gruppi sono vuoti, scrivi una risposta ad un post di un account Mastodon e richiedere minuti prima che sia visibile.
Dovrebbero fare un completo rifacimento grafico per dargli un aspetto decente
Che ne pensate? Sbaglio qualcosa? #fediverso #activitypub
Quanti di voi utilizzano #Friendica ?
Lo sto provando un po', devo dire che i gruppi sono carini, ma lo trovo tanto lento e poco reattivo rispetto a Mastodon.
Mastodon è veloce, carino da vedere, Friendica mi sembra un #Facebook del 2005.
I gruppi sono vuoti, scrivi una risposta ad un post di un account Mastodon e richiedere minuti prima che sia visibile.
Dovrebbero fare un completo rifacimento grafico per dargli un aspetto decente
Che ne pensate? Sbaglio qualcosa? #fediverso #activitypub
Es wäre etwas anderes, wenn ich keine Beweise hätte. Wenn ich nur eine zufällige Person wäre, die wilde Behauptungen ohne jegliche Dokumentation aufstellt, wäre das natürlich Unsinn.
Aber ich habe Beweise. Ich habe das aus erster Hand gesehen und sogar das Risiko auf mich genommen, Dinge von der Arbeit zu teilen, um es zu untermauern.
Dieser Ort soll doch besser sein als Blue Sky, Twitter, Facebook und Reddit – richtig?
Wenn dem so ist, warum werden dann Betrüger geschützt und behandelt, als gehörten sie zu einer besonders geschützten Personengruppe?
#Betrug #Täuschung #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Twitter #Reddit #Facebook #BlueSky
Es wäre etwas anderes, wenn ich keine Beweise hätte. Wenn ich nur eine zufällige Person wäre, die wilde Behauptungen ohne jegliche Dokumentation aufstellt, wäre das natürlich Unsinn.
Aber ich habe Beweise. Ich habe das aus erster Hand gesehen und sogar das Risiko auf mich genommen, Dinge von der Arbeit zu teilen, um es zu untermauern.
Dieser Ort soll doch besser sein als Blue Sky, Twitter, Facebook und Reddit – richtig?
Wenn dem so ist, warum werden dann Betrüger geschützt und behandelt, als gehörten sie zu einer besonders geschützten Personengruppe?
#Betrug #Täuschung #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Twitter #Reddit #Facebook #BlueSky
It would be one thing if I had no proof. If I were just a random making wild claims without any documentation, of course, that would be nonsense.
But I have proof. I have seen this first hand and even took the risk of sharing things from work to back up.
This place is supposed to be better than Blue Sky, Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit --- Right?
If so, why embrace and protect scammers as if they were a protected class of people?
#Scam #Fraud #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Twitter #Reddit #Facebook #BlueSky
It would be one thing if I had no proof. If I were just a random making wild claims without any documentation, of course, that would be nonsense.
But I have proof. I have seen this first hand and even took the risk of sharing things from work to back up.
This place is supposed to be better than Blue Sky, Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit --- Right?
If so, why embrace and protect scammers as if they were a protected class of people?
#Scam #Fraud #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Twitter #Reddit #Facebook #BlueSky
Unfortunately, the administrator at social.tchncs.de is acting like a coward.
Pointing out a confirmed scammer is not racism, sexism, or any kind of discrimination.
What is happening in Gaza is horrific. I have never doubted this. What Israel has done to these innocent people is a crime against humanity.
But a scam that hides itself as support is also wrong. That, too, is an injustice.
I need a platform that does not give weight to false reports. Especially when there is clear evidence — photos and videos — that a scam exists, it should be acknowledged and addressed.
If Reddit, Facebook, and Twitter can recognize such scams with proof, surely the Fediverse can do the same.
#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #Scam #Fraud #Reddit #Twitter #Facebook
This is a forward thinking server running the Bonfire social media platform.
LGBTQA+ and BPOC friendly.
