I closed my facebook account almost a decade ago and I do not regret it. Also whatsapp which facebook owns. This company is not evil, I think that is a bit harsh. But facebook brings no value to this world at all.
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@anon52747040 Do you think it was a good idea when it was first launched? I remember MySpace & I think that was a neat networking site.
When it launched yes because it was made so we could connect with family members etc. But as we know anything once it becomes popular companies want to find a way to make money money money. The all mighty dollar always wins out. Facebook does not care about us connecting with our loved ones. We are a product to them. Simple as that.
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@anon52747040 I feel exactly the same way. However, I think we can still use FB in a purpose-driven manner. The key is not to let it overtake our life.
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Facebook Will Introduce AI-Generated āPeopleā With Their Own Profiles to Comment on Your Posts
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I throught it was easy and cheap way to have a personal website and communicate, but then I figured out its a closed club used to advertise and steal time. I prefer viber, chat only app-service, email and wordpress and I dont miss it at all, while I retain more privacy and comfort.
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Itās taken down!
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@roberto On a personal level- itās disturbing. However, I get what they are doing. Full disclosure, I do own Meta stock & they are constantly trying to increase revenue/profits. So, I suspect Meta could potentially use AI-generated personas to boost āengagementā metrics as a service or tool for users or businesses.
Basically, by introducing AI personas that comment and interact with posts, Meta can charge to artificially inflate engagement metrics, making a userās or a businessās content appear more engaging. This could appeal to users seeking validation or businesses aiming to showcase activity on their pages.
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@roberto: If Meta believes that it failed to convince Facebook users to engage with its metaverse, then I suppose that Meta decided to impose its metaverse on the Facebook world.
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@kirkmahoneyphd YES! I actually think this is it. Metaās metaverse hasnāt succeeded in drawing users to a new world, so they are integrating its concepts into the Facebook experience as a way to bring the metaverse to the users instead.
On their Q3 earning call they mentioned that AI is integrated into various META products, with Meta AI reaching over 500 million monthly active users.
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It looks to me like itās the classic case of creating a problem to sell a solution. You know how Iāve been censored there for no reason and Iām only reaching 2% of my entire audience. Businesses will fool themselves into relying on bots and AI-generated profiles to increase engagement. People are already relying on ChatGPT and friends to post and create their content. I see how the quality of sincere insights is disappearing.
It seems that the ādead internetā theory is another āconspiracyā thatās becoming true.
It has been my wish to finish with that account, which I use only for professional posts. Finding an alternative isnāt easy, but Iām making it a priority on my to-do list for this year.
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This is very true. However, I rediscovered Medium for good, well-written articles.
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Facebook is evil and Mark Zuckerberg is the king of evil. He has created a platform for hate disguised as a place to keep us all āconnectedā
Facebook like any other social media platform has replaced true face to face connection all to collect our data so it can be sold.
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And yesterday Mark Zuckerberg made Facebook far, far worse. Using āfreedom of speechā as a cover for allowing misinformation and hateful rhetoric is a dangerous slopeāI recently read Max Fisherās The Chaos Machine and he discusses several examples of ethnic conflict and even genocide greatly exacerbated by a lack of fact-checking and robust moderation in the name of āfree speechā. Just as, at least in the U.S., freedom of speech does not allow one to yell āfireā in a crowded theatre due to the panic it would cause, so too should it not allow people to peddle misinformation which can result in mob violence or unnecessary loss of life. I was already ready to leave Facebook as my last remaining social media, but this only strengthened my resolve to do so as I fear the bigotry that is going to run rampant on that platform (and spill out into the real world) as a result of these changes.
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You may want to read Yelling 'Fire' in a Crowded Theater: Illegal or Free Speech? ā
The First Amendment does not protect the right to falsely yell āfireā in a crowded theater to cause a panic. Depending on the circumstances, you could be charged with disorderly conduct. If someone is injured, you could be liable.
The First Amendment does protect your right to yell āfireā if there truly is one ā or you truly believe there is ā and you are trying to warn people of the danger so that they can get to safety.
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Yes, there is an important distinction between people who are expressing something they legitimately believe, harmful as it may be, and those consciously attempting to "incite imminent lawless actionā as discussed in the article. Unfortunately, social media has turned a blind eye even to bad actors doing the latter, causing instances of defamation (which the article notes is not protected speech) resulting in bodily harm and sometimes even fatalities. If platforms like Meta were sincere about their desire to protect freedom of speech, they would take steps to ensure the speech remains civil in order to keep it from fomenting violence, but that would require turning off their algorithms which push the most outrageous speech to the top. Not only do they refuse to do that, however, but they are now doubling down on allowing uncivil expression in tandem with the algorithmāand when that happens, we are far more likely to see that online speech spill over into real-life violence committed, or otherwise supported, by people who sincerely believe whatever the algorithm has fed them.
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I guess that we agree to disagree with respect to the responsibilities of social-media sites. I do not believe that these sites must āensure the speech remains civil in order to keep it from fomenting violenceā.
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They have a responsibility to create a civil environment. They created this monster, they just canāt wash their hands clean of it and say well we created it so people can do anything they want
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