▲ 885 ▼ Kev Quirk, one of the admins of Fosstodon (a Mastodon instance), destroys Meta in an email exchange. (fosstodon.org) submitted 3 years ago by giallo@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 395 comments fedilink hide all child comments The exchange is about Meta's upcoming ActivityPub-enabled network Threads. Meta is calling for a meeting, his response is priceless!
[–] PelicanPersuader@beehaw.org 41 points 3 years ago (1 child) Fuck Meta and all they stand for. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] marco@beehaw.org 19 points 3 years ago (1 child) They have done nothing to earn open community's cooperation. On the contrary, they have not atoned for weakening democracy in countries all over the world AND distributing powerful data about its users both for money and by inadequate security. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StrayCatFrump@beehaw.org 6 points 3 years ago* 'Member when the Zuck assured everyone that Facebook cared deeply about their privacy, and then immediately turned around and quietly implemented features where people had to opt-out of sharing all their shit (when opting out was even an option at all), and those users didn't even know it? Ah, the good ol' days. And I don't even resent it because I was personally affected. I've never had a FB account, and I just watched from the sidelines as it affected people I know and love and the broader online community as a whole. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marco@beehaw.org 19 points 3 years ago (1 child) They have done nothing to earn open community's cooperation. On the contrary, they have not atoned for weakening democracy in countries all over the world AND distributing powerful data about its users both for money and by inadequate security. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StrayCatFrump@beehaw.org 6 points 3 years ago* 'Member when the Zuck assured everyone that Facebook cared deeply about their privacy, and then immediately turned around and quietly implemented features where people had to opt-out of sharing all their shit (when opting out was even an option at all), and those users didn't even know it? Ah, the good ol' days. And I don't even resent it because I was personally affected. I've never had a FB account, and I just watched from the sidelines as it affected people I know and love and the broader online community as a whole. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StrayCatFrump@beehaw.org 6 points 3 years ago* 'Member when the Zuck assured everyone that Facebook cared deeply about their privacy, and then immediately turned around and quietly implemented features where people had to opt-out of sharing all their shit (when opting out was even an option at all), and those users didn't even know it? Ah, the good ol' days. And I don't even resent it because I was personally affected. I've never had a FB account, and I just watched from the sidelines as it affected people I know and love and the broader online community as a whole. permalink fedilink source parent