Neil Young Leaves Facebook & Instagram Over “Unconscionable” Policies for AI Chatbot Conversations With Children

Comments

• mintiefresh@piefed.ca ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Honestly, good on him.

  More people should do the same.

  source

  • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    He took a principled stance when he left Spotify too, after they paid hundreds of millions for Joe Rogan’s podcast.

    source

    • ArgentRaven@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m pretty sure his label put his stuff back on there, despite his wishes. I seen to remember a need article at the time describing his reaction as “disappointed”. Not all of his stuff is back on there, but I guess the stuff he didn’t have full control over is.

      Personally, I don’t listen to Joe Rogan, but I do listen to Neil Young. And Spotify is the way I typically listen to anything since they killed the SD Card on most mobile phones. So it hurt me, and I assume it hurts anyone who would want to listen to both and only gets the option of Joe Rogan. So I think having access to media is better, but I’m not the artist and I get taking a moral stance.

      source

      • -> View More Comments
    • the_q@lemmy.zip ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Money > all.

      source
  • Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I quit 10yrs ago. I am almost 70. If this old fart can do it. So can you.

    source
  • Pxtl@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The way people turned up their nose at the Fediverse when the Muskening happened to Twitter was heartbreaking. I knew social media was an addiction but when you find out your dealer is an absolute monster how do you not go looking for a new supplier?

    But they all discarded Mastodon et al as cringe and teduoust. Like, the way even trans women influencers stayed on Twitter blew my mind. When bluesky got off the ground there was finally some migration, but not enough.

    It really showed me how many of the “anti-capitalist” and the “anarchism” and “mutual aid” people were all just talk. The mutual-aid volunteer-based platform exists and you stuck with the fascist because it was easy and you’re too cool for the nerd shit.

    source
• Dayroom7485@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  So based 🙏

  source
• SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Once again, Neil Young reminds us that he has a gargantuan penis.

  source
• nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Neil Young and Dolly Parton

  Role models we need but don’t deserve

  source
• cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  ted nugent decided to use facebook even more for the same reason

  source

  • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oh, is Ted having trouble finding jailbait these days?

    source
  • mitch@piefed.mitch.science ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Well, it's not like Ted Nugent is writing any new music. He probably doesn't have anything better to do anyway.

    source

    • turdburglar@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      i mean really tho, how much more does he have after wang dang sweet poontang?

      fuken magnum opus direct from the southern fried shakespeare right there.

      there were about 4 minutes when i was 13 that i thought he was worth listening to.

      source
    • Hobo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m sure he is still capable of shitting his pants and not showering.

      source
• KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What is up with these CAPS? Are we copying the typographic INCONTINENCE of Trump?

  source

  • j4yt33@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Quite a normal thing to do no? Way before Trump got elected

    source
  • RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I have noticed people have changed the way they type since around 2016, when trump became president. The amount of people putting “Sad.” Behind a sentence is mindblowing. He gave so many people severe brainworms.

    source

    • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Using caps for emphasis in places where formatting options don’t exist is a practice as old as the internet. I remember doing it in the usenet days.

      source

      • -> View More Comments
    • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I think a lot of that started ironically and then bled over to normal conversations.

      source

      • -> View More Comments
    • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      He gave so many people severe brainworms.

      Luckily not you though. That Ivermectin helped!

      source
  • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    typographic incontinence

    This term tickled my linguizzle gland.

    source
  • Zink@programming.dev ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    With a single word in caps like that, I read it as yelling the word loudly.

    The way it’s used here, by a PR conscious intermediary, it comes across more like bitter sarcasm. Like he would not let them release the statement on his behalf unless they yelled Facebook’s name when calling them out. It is similar to when a child tells their sibling they aren’t allowed to do something, but they say it loudly enough so that everybody understands the parent in the next room hears it too.

    source
  • Pxtl@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I mean he’s literally a boomer.

    source
  • Faith_Bubbles@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    To me, it might signal unwillingness to work with Facebook, but still willingness to work with Meta.

    source
• Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  On the one hand, that’s good, but on the other hand, Meta crossed my line over eight years ago, and I’m woefully disappointed that he was using it until this point.

  source

  • mitch@piefed.mitch.science ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I guess, but you will lead a lonely life if you can't find common struggle with people in different scenarios than our own. We can easily lose our soul with these endless purity tests — for some reason, Leftists, progressives, and liberals seem to be constantly on the lookout for the next Jesus Christ, who will just simply energize voters by consequence of, I dunno, magic or some shit.

    Neil Young is still a working musician who needs to get his face and music in front of as wide and as general of an audience as possible — why wouldn't they be where people are? That's what makes this stand so important. Homie needs Facebook and Insta and still said no.

    source

    • FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I think that attitude is a trap, and what got us into this mess in the first place. If more people did what Young did, these platforms wouldn’t have the power (which we give them) to unleash as much harm on the world. Your suggestion implies that we should all wait for others to move first. That’s the definition of paralysis.

      And with a net worth the size of Young’s, it’s simply not true to say he “needs” to use those platforms, except in the more privileged misuse of the word. They’re luxury items for him.

      source
• MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  am i supposed to care about this?

  source

  • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    If you don’t care, don’t comment.

    source
• Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Didn’t have to look far for that heart of gold, seems he already had it.

  source

  • Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I almost didn’t get your joke there, good one.

    Also, if you’re into low/no budget films, Hooker With a Heart of Gold is a great one, but it’s like 15-20 years old and it shows.

    source

    • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This looks like the exact garbage I love, I’ll definitely have to watch it.

      source
• ThillyGooth@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Good on him. I’m going to make it a point to listen to more Neil Young.

  source
• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well I hope Neil Young will remember: Zuckerberg don’t need him around, anyhow.

  source

  • andxz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I hope Zuckerberg remembers nobody wants him around either. He probably thinks that 30 mil/year makes him bulletproof, the little shit.

    source
• TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  A musician/celebrity with high moral standards and personal integrity, imagine that, huh?

  source
• Phegan@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Neil young is a real one.

  source
• mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  People over platforms.

  source
• Im28xwa@lemdro.id ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  next, all mainstream social media

  source

  • Pechente@feddit.org ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I prefer „corporate social media“ or „legacy social media“ as a differentiator from the Fediverse. If anything in the Fediverse ever becomes truly mainstream, that’s completely fine

    source

    • fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I call it corpocrap

      source
• someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What the background on AI chatbots with kids?

  source

  • uhmbah@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Some random links for you…

    Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info

    Meta faces backlash over AI policy that lets bots have ‘sensual’ conversations with children

    Sen. Hawley to probe Meta AI bot policies for children following damning report

    source
• m3t00@piefed.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  he distributes himself.

  source