Submitted 3 weeks ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/30/meta_is_now_a_defense/
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/39876981
Giving people the power to build community and bring the world closer together so we can shoot them
I’m gonna die telling fascists to eat a bag of dicks as they try to arrest me for talking shit about Israel on my own Lemmy instance. That’s the country these fascists are shaping for us. An AI-driven hellscape.
Ooo can I join orcas.enjoying.yachts?
Yes! I’ll keep an eye out for the registration.
having been on facebook since ~2009 it was undeniably hard to quit, but finally deleting it (not ‘deactivating’) last year was one of the best things i’ve ever done for my mental health
No, but seriously. I see this said everywhere and I think most people take it as a sort of superstition, but, like… your entire thought patterns change once you give it up, it’s like an engine being allowed to slow down after over-revving it incessantly. All these things do is waste our cognitive bandwidth. And, yes, I’m including any social network where “me” is the main focus.
it’s like an engine being allowed to slow down after over-revving it incessantly.
That’s exactly what it feels like. I installed Social Fixer on my browser(s) to make FB at least usable for the few times I have to touch it for event coordination. People ask me what that’s like and I simply say: “Oh, it’s boring now. I only look at status updates for a few minutes and go do something else.” The pull to go back is just… gone. It’s as dull as LiveJournal ever was, and frankly, it’s better this way.
What did I strip out of the feed? Everything that wasn’t generated directly by someone on my friends list. That’s all it took. All the “engagement” is either artificially injected into your feed, or clickbait people pass along because their feed isn’t filtered.
Not maintaining artificial connections with people who would reach out to me if they actually gave a damn about me has genuinely been liberating.
I like how Discord- and Slack-like socials are set up. It’s just more natural. Instead of a feed, it’s a forum. It feels more like a physical place, with couches for discussion, corners of the room where people take conversation, and a hall outside for privacy. And if you understood that metaphor, then you know how I feel.
And if I don’t like a server, I can just… leave. Never have to run into them again, but still have access to friends. No holes in the conversation where an obvious block or ignore leaves gaps.
What do people do there that is so harmful to their mental health? I just follow what relatives are up to and read the latest hobby/town gossip
I honestly don’t know how I could use Facebook that way. Seriously. I log in once in a blue moon, and half the stuff I see scrolling through the main feed has nothing to do with any of my friends as far as I can tell. And that’s with an ad blocker.
I don’t understand how anybody can stand it. Maybe it’s a “boiling frog” situation, or maybe they’ve developed better counter-strategies than I am familiar with? I quit Facebook about 10 years ago and when I poke my head in now, it’s completely different. It is terrible in ways I wouldn’t have believed 10 years ago.
google “facebook mental health” and you’ll get an idea. if you’re fine using it, that’s great. but not everyone is like you. and the “i’m fine with this–everyone else should be too!” attitude is one thing i saw constantly on facebook
Originally the criticism was that you see the highlights of other people’s lives and then compare that to your everyday life and that’s depressing.
Nowadays I think it’s all the politics being injected everywhere. Me? I look for cars and car parts on groups. That’s about it.
Browsing Marketplace and chatting with my friends doesn’t really affect my mental health, tbh.
My point here is to curate your own shit instead of relying on corporate soc-med to do it for you and you’ll be much better off.
All the political bullshit on Lemmy affects me much more than Facebook ever has. lol
They failed making VR, so now they’re a defense contractor for AR. Wonderful.
All military personnel will require Facebook accounts to use Meta AR goggles.
How have they failed? they have the best value for $ headset.
Metas failed game(s?) are legendary.
I might just be a massive god damn nerd, but I would rather build my own with an old Pixel, a printer, and a Pi. If I can’t be up to my elbows in its guts, from board to code, then it isn’t mine.
By sinking ludicrous amounts of money into the „metaverse“, which turned out to be an utter flop.
Man fuck that company to death. Fuck them so hard. We need the people to see this for what it is and do something. CEO’s aren’t bulletproof.
This interview with Palmer Luckey about the news is wild to listen to, if that’s your thing.
Autonomous warplanes “that fly missions alongside human pilots”.
I’m sure they’ll keep the humams involved. No way they’re trying to build a drone army that won’t question orders.
It’s not hyperbole to say they’re working toward a terrestrial version of Equilibrium. At least, until they can build it in space.
Autonomous warplanes
heyyyyyy… i’ve seen this before…
Seems more like Horizon Zero Dawn to me. I wonder what tech billionaire will play the role of Ted Faro and destroy everything!
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Gosh, they’re burning billions every quarter? Fuck those nerds at meta must be having an absolutely wild time pretending to work on VR…
Most of the smart people who came with Oculus and it shows.
I’m just surprised they weren’t before.
Lol? Lmao, even?
Meta heavy industries very soon
Pork giveaway from your taxes
Best decision ever for a company.
The US gov pisses away billions of their taxpayers money and buys all the low quality crap from the MIL without questions.
Why aren’t the “fiscal conservatives” in arms over this?
so meta
Pyro goggles with Disney filter.
als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I’m tired