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[–] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 18 hours ago

Why didn't he just say anyone who quits Meta smells like poo-poo and pee-pee? That would at least be funny.

[–] grid11@lemy.nl 2 points 13 hours ago

like in this app used by 2 billion unique users globally?

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 20 hours ago

"Signaled" my "virtue" in 2016. Fuck you, zuck.

[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 32 points 1 day ago

he means 'is showing virtue'. And he's right.

[–] five82@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Zuck is a fucking piece a shit. But the headline and article misrepresents what he was saying. His actual quote was "Some people may leave our platforms for virtue signaling" and appears to be directed towards users, not Meta employees.

[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Nah man, clearly you missed the memo that we now just take every statement out of it's obvious context and straw man the shit out of everything.

It hurts every real argument against these people when people make stupid arguments like this.

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[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why should I care what a self confessed pedophile thinks?

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[–] seven_phone@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

The title alone shows admittance that leaving Meta signals virtue and good character.

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 2 points 14 hours ago

I think it would also be fair to say that anyone who doesn't is also virtue signaling.

[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 11 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Your hubris is showing, Fuckerberg.

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[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Will this decade be known as "the decade when billionares spiralled out of control"? First Musk then this android.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 17 points 23 hours ago

Imagine what Rockefeller and Carnegie would have tweeted about. You know they were crass, detached from reality hemorrhoid clusters, they just didn't get to spew it to a global audience 900 times a day.

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[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 195 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Banning gender-neutral bathrooms and spinning to anti-woke isn't virtue signalling...

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 82 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It’s vice signaling. There’s nothing virtuous about Meta or Zuckerberg. Let’s not forget his first try was a hot or not clone with pictures of women he used without consent.

And that new perm he got definitely isn’t virtuous.

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[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago

Joke's on him. I quit before it was Meta.

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 127 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Using the phrase "virtue signaling" is virtue signaling

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

When I was a teen, I thought anyone who joins it is virtue signaling.

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Wow, I knew Zuckerberg was a jerk and I knew he was right wing. But I didn’t think he was one of those rightwing immature edgelord jerks on the level of 4chan posters

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

He wasn't. Mark used to be a sweet kid, but he's been radicalised by all the shit he reads on Facebook. It's not too late, Mark, delete your social media profiles, stay away from that poisonous hellhole!

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

Nah these billionaires don’t align on the modern left wing right wing spectrum, they are all a special kind of hardcore libertarian. The only ideology they have is that they should be able to do whatever they want to earn their next billion. Him appeasing right wingers fits his MO, but doesn’t make him a right winger.

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[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 115 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What should we call blatant pandering to Trump and his ilk? MAGA signaling?

[–] nous@programming.dev 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 14 points 23 hours ago

isn't this giant sack of shit laying off like 1000 employees?

[–] trslim@pawb.social 60 points 1 day ago

Why, yes, Im signaling that I have virtues, which is why I am not on your site Zuckerboi.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

Oh no, not virtue signaling! There truly is no greater crime! Specifically, it isn't worse to be an overly-built, soulless chia pet if that's what you're thinking. Definitely not.

[–] maplebar@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

The fact that this clown even felt the need to talk about this shows that a noteworthy number of people are leaving the platform.

It's a slow burn, but legacy social media must die.

[–] penguinclaw@lemm.ee 1 points 13 hours ago
[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 49 points 1 day ago

Kind of like wearing a red MAGA hat.

[–] joenforcer@midwest.social 38 points 1 day ago

Ah yes, the feed starting with an ad, followed by a reels module alternating between soft porn and dogs, followed by bots and more ads, maybe interspersed with a couple of posts by people whose names I recognize for good measure, are well worth my time. No need to virtue signal, I'm hooked!

[–] nightlily@leminal.space 4 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

It’s kinda crazy how fast he’s unraveling into the right-wing griftersphere. Does Thiel or Putin have something on him?

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[–] eronth@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago

Bruh they're taking action. It's virtue actioning. Unless you're trying to tell them they need to do something more dramatic?

[–] Whateley@lemm.ee 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, his wife has definitely served him divorce papers.

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[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 72 points 1 day ago (3 children)
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[–] ToastySaff@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

“Some people may leave our platforms for virtue signaling, but I think the vast majority and many new users will find that these changes make the products better”

So he's stripping away protections for marginalised groups to appeal to the "vast majority" who, by definition, don't need these protections and are in no way negatively impacted by their existence. Got it, and fuck you very much.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Well firstly, virtue signaling is not fundamentally a bad thing. Devil is in the details.

Second, that's kinda rich coming from the guy who's been nothing but virtue signaling towards the upcoming Trump admin since his failed assassination attempt.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No, shit for brains, giving up your job is an actual commitment. Virtue signaling is a token gesture that costs you nothing - like throwing a million dollars at an inauguration party when you're worth billions.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Get fuck't, Zuck. I'm attempting to convince my entire family to go to Friendica.

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[–] b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

Maybe saying you’re quitting meta is “virtue signalling” but actually quitting is virtuous.

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