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Meta today began removing ads from attorneys who were seeking clients that claim to have been harmed by social media (www.axios.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 20 points 7 months ago* (12 children)

I feel especially sorry for the dumb fucks who stuck around on Meta services long enough to notice the change.

But, at the same time, I don’t feel sorry for them, because, 15 years ago, I was screaming for them to get off the service, warning them of all the horrible things that were to come, and they ignored me.

So they got what was coming to them. As a result, the amount of pity I have for them is limited.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    15 years ago was when I stopped using facebook. It had the potential to be a great way to organize and maintain social connections, but instead it was a toxic environment promoting the most annoying shit, particularly when posted by frequent users trying to broadcast their lives to the world. Simultaneously it did a great job of hiding anything I'd actually be interested to know. Fuck knows how bad it has become in the meantime. It was striking how much it seemed to bring out the worst in people, and equally remarkable how so many people just wanted to wallow in that.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago*

    I hung on all the way to Covid. And holy shit did the world get to be its most toxic when we were all quarantined, locked in our homes, alone with our nasty thoughts, with only the internet as our outlet…

    With only the nastiest and the worst of our internal thoughts to sustain us, that’s when I hopped off the crazy train. When all that anyone had to offer was the most toxic and acidic of thoughts, that’s when I said “no more“. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram… Deleted… thank God I never got on TikTok.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (7 children)

    Some of us have no choice. If I don't have social media, record labels won't sign my music. I cannot afford to pay someone else to maintain it for me.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah ok but you're not scrolling your wall for hours a day, right?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Yeah for some reason I find it easier to avoid infinite scroll with FB than reddit! I know, that's like mentioning Voldemoort round here.

    Not sure if any Lemmy-ers still use reddit, they fucked it again (removed /all). It's rapidly turning into a copy of meta, feeds are now curated by algo rather than votes :(

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/378f18f7-00a1-48e5-9682-06defa1f0d49

    https://gwennseemel.com/blog/2022/0209-quitting-instagram-facebook/

    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-musicians-leaving-facebook-anslem-gentle-j-r-

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc1MUrj9vZ8

    Nobody said that doing the right thing would be easy. It rarely is. But I’d rather die doing the right thing, than live being part of the wrong thing. 🏳️‍🌈✊

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Thanks for the links, will check them all out. But from a brief squizz at the bbc link... can I just point out that these are all VERY established artists, with established fanbases. None of these will be interacting with people online anyway, already using a social media manager to do all their posts etc.

    There's no point making music that nobody knows exist, and unfortunately streaming / social media are the main avenues for reaching new fans these days.

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