That's a great way to put it, love the analogy too.

CMV: The people who want to receive data from Threads should just...make a freaking Threads account. The whole argument to connect with them at all is weird. It's like recording a Disney movie to your DVR box and setting up streaming from your smart TV to your tablet so you can now enjoy the movie you recorded in bed....when you could've just downloaded the freaking Disney+ app.

It's also (somehow) like when you're already in shorts and a t-shirt but still a little warm and someone else wants to turn the A/C off cause they're cold. They can put on more clothes and be totally comfy, I cannot (politely) take any more clothes off.

We kindly ask everyone to engage in civil discourse and remember that not everyone will share the same opinions, which is perfectly acceptable.

It's really actually not acceptable to ignore what a bad actor Facebook/Meta has been. Catch up on the news if you need to. Cambridge Analytica scandal, unwitting social experiments, and the insane amount of intrusive permissions required just to use threads etc. They've been anti-consumer in an almost dystopian way and failing to call that out is an immoral stance. There's really no polite way to say, "that's a hell no, fix your attitude, or I'm out." That people have characterized folks telling you this is a deal-breaker as "blackmail" is the absurd stance here. We're asking you to stay true to the anti-corporate "power to the people" spirit that created Lemmy in the first place and call out Meta for being an obviously bad actor in this space, as a bunch of Reddit refugees... You actually arguing against this and acting like "both sides are fine" about it is being completely tone-deaf and is 100% antithetical to the purpose of the fediverse.

"All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing." You've already committed to doing nothing during an important time with a "wait and see" attitude. Meta is still a face-eating leopard, a frog-stinging scorpion, or whatever analogy does it for ya. It's not a tough choice and there IS a right and wrong answer.

It's a conspiracy just in the sense that they are seemingly counting these towards their growth numbers. If they're saying they have 20 million accounts, but they created 3/4 of them as placeholders, then no...they have 5 million accounts.

Reddit was where we were when we were younger tech nerds, so...yeah man.

I got one of these yesterday with the minimum roll...so it's 1-200% and thus utterly worthless.

I didn't even know I was one of those 30 million users until you and others mentioned that people with Instagram accounts automatically have one.

Don't forget to bring a towel!

Ahem, "landed gentry." :D

What no proper version control does to a mfer(2)

So too many Americans buy trucks and SUV’s, not because they want to, but because that’s the only thing they can buy.

That is...insanely inaccurate lol. "I wanted to buy a car but I could only find trucks for sale" is not a thing in this country whatosever.

I would never trust that it would respect my privacy in the first place. Why would anyone think they're going to turn over a new leaf just because they released a new service?!

Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?

This thread is full of children who think that because they don’t like something then neither should anyone else.

This is exactly you. You don't like the idea of blocking Facebook and are being combative and douchey to anyone who disagrees. Your dislikes are in the toilet and you are as free to leave .world as anyone else.

Facebook is known for analyzing your contact list and trying to get as much data as they can on those people as well. You don't have to make life easier for face-eating leopards.

There were 4 questions and one of them was 6 minus 2. It was easier than convincing recaptcha that I'm not a robot.

Fuck you, recaptcha, there was definitely a motorcycle in that pic :)

Facebook doesn't give a shit about its users and treats them and their data as a crop to harvest. On Meta platforms, you're the product. On the fediverse, you're just another user, free to do what you want. Disgust is indeed an emotion, and I'm 100% fine with being disgusted with Meta.

Or they type fast and have a lot to say /shrug

Agreed about influencers. Meta wouldn't be doing this at all if they didn't have a plan (or multiple plans) to monetize it. The whole reason I left Reddit and plan to leave Twitter was that I very much dislike having any part of my online enjoyment at the mercy of the whims of gigantic corporate assholes that think they are far more important than they are. Meta has been an awful and abusive actor in the tech world, why would any freedom-loving person want anything to do with them in a freedom-loving space?! Why would anyone just wait and see what they do this time to decide they're an awful company with only their profits in mind and no qualms about making those profits at a cost to its users?!

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