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Muse loses Instagram, X handle to Zuckerberg's New AI agent (thelemmy.club)
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The band Muse has surrendered its Instagram and X handles to Meta after the release of its new AI agent, Muse.

The English rock band Muse has been renamed on Instagram and X from “Muse” to “museband.”

Despite the band Muse having had its Instagram account since 2012 and its X account since 2008, it has seemingly surrendered the handle to Mark Zuckerberg’s newest AI agent.

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[–] 60 points 14 hours ago (9 children)

Here's an idea, stop using Instagram and it will die.

Come at me.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

    Sure if hundreds of millions stop using it. But convincing the uncritical masses to stop using it is a fruitless endeavour. Not to mention all the racists and homophobes and attention seekers it seems to attract.

    And for me it's my only way of communicating with many of my friends

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  • [–] 8 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

    only way of communicating with many of my friends

    A big joke around here is you can send me a carrier pigeon. But aside from this, do yall not have phone numbers? Your main form of communication with your friends is through instagram and it's the only way?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 hours ago (2 children)

    Yes of course I have a phone number, I also have an email address and a PO box and a slack account etc. but I'm not going to be the guy expecting people to go out of their way to use a different messaging system just to message me, because what would just happen is my friends just bother to talk to me less. Especially if it's someone I've just met who doesn't have an existing relationship to me.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

    Do you really think your friends and family don’t like/love you enough to install an app for you, like Signal, or wouldn’t bother to open any other messenger? Just think about it for a moment. That would be very sad and is probably not true.

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  • [–] 5 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

    Right?! Nothing good for one's humanity happens on Instagram.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 hours ago

    I live in a "developing" country where most local businesses don't have the funds to maintain a dedicated website, so they have their online presence through Instagram or Facebook and offer ordering via WhatsApp.

    I don't love how Meta's sites are baked into our informal infrastructure here, but it's the way of things. My refusal to participate is not going to change the system; it's just going to affect my ability to find information.

    I use Instagram for checking business hours and looking at menus. (I'm not even connected with my actual friends who use it.) I don't think the content I seek out is bad for my humanity, but I also understand that my feed looks very different from most.

    It's possible to build a more affirming experience for yourself, but you'll still be shown clickbait trash because the algorithm seeks to drive engagement.

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