France has banned not only TikTok from government phones, but Facebook and Twitter, too. Could this be a tipping point for big tech? Plus, AI-generated pictures of the pope signal a new type of viral image
For anyone expecting social media to help foster the next “Springtime” of revolution – to paraphrase Shakespeare – this is very much the winter of disconnect.
lesson 1 stop being negative – followed by 14 other things the author has decide you shouldn’t do on social. They liked new ways of thinking and doing things a while back, when it suited, maybe not now though eh?
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Do you remember when you joined Facebook? What was it like when you put in your details and joined the world's biggest social network? The ever present "like" button seems to have been with us forever. In fact it has only been with us for just over four years on personal pages and replaced the "beco... Read more
Great documentary but a good point… “It is more than a little ironic that a film that warns incessantly about platforms using misinformation to stoke fear and outrage seems to exist only to stoke fear and outrage — while promoting a distorted view of how those platforms work along the way.”
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak used this phrase in an interview explaining why he quit Facebook; Apple CEO Tim Cook used it back in 2014, referring not to Facebook but to… Google.
It’s Time to Stop Saying “If You’re Not Paying, You’re the Product”
I guess this will become part of the service – the priest closes your socials or sets them to family only, or keep live for others to post comments on. I guess for some like this company, its going to be a big part of the service, if people want it to be as they can grab some milestones and images to use in the farewel and give people a link to their relatives digital lives forever more.
FACEBOOK is on course to become a digital graveyard after around 30 million profiles became inactive after users died. When someone dies in the 21st century, a digital legacy is left behind because…
Banning social media doesn’t solve the underlying issues. Plus, people can still get around these bans using fake identities and VPNs
Social media has become so out of control that top democracies worldwide are banning it. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/28/techscape-france-tiktok-ban-facebook
We could ban people from using social media, but that seems to be a move that is preferred by dictators around the world.
lesson 1 stop being negative – followed by 14 other things the author has decide you shouldn’t do on social. They liked new ways of thinking and doing things a while back, when it suited, maybe not now though eh?
Not sure if this exists, but I highly recommend this book.
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but what about the people on social who crave likes, some may get upset at being “not cared” lmao
been in discussion a while. They know people want it at least..
FB recently added a “care” button. but yeah who cares? Would be better.
Great documentary but a good point… “It is more than a little ironic that a film that warns incessantly about platforms using misinformation to stoke fear and outrage seems to exist only to stoke fear and outrage — while promoting a distorted view of how those platforms work along the way.”
Some say Facebook got robbed of their data, they are a victim of crime not the perpetrators.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak used this phrase in an interview explaining why he quit Facebook; Apple CEO Tim Cook used it back in 2014, referring not to Facebook but to… Google.
I bet YouTube died inside when they realised they HAD to allow popular ad revenue channels to be set as inactive for dead creators.
Yep, I would pay someone to ensure FaceBook didn’t get to own me after death. Just to stick ads on my grave! Christ!!!
I guess this will become part of the service – the priest closes your socials or sets them to family only, or keep live for others to post comments on. I guess for some like this company, its going to be a big part of the service, if people want it to be as they can grab some milestones and images to use in the farewel and give people a link to their relatives digital lives forever more.
Would be a good service, better than being dumped in the digital graveyard with no pomp. Don’t wanna go there….