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Nope. Musk is an evil moron, but Meta isn't better.
That said, I never used Twitter either.
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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Fuck that. I'm sure it'll be at least somewhat popular, especially if they push it in the Instagram app. When I use Twitter though, it's for shameful doomscrolling that never lasts long; it makes me feel like an addict who just relapsed
Why? Just why would they do that? They already have instagram and facebook. And now they want to literally make a clone of another product
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Nope. I am done with anything corpo at this point
Yuk. No thanks.
No thanks
Naaah, never.
I will stick with Mastodon
Try hive social as an Instagram alternative! It's great (as a user of hive)
Fuck no.
Wait, so you're saying it's the same like here but with more big corp, data farming, ads, CEOs and lots and lots of profit for them?
Ahhhh, nope not for me, but thanks anyway!
I love the aspect of it being tied to ActivityPub and I do still utilize Instagram primarily as a way to communicate with friends and family, so I'm willing to give it a try. However, I don't think it will replace the love I have for Mastadon or be able to match the aspects of Mastadon that I really enjoy: the positive communities, personalization, no algorithm, etc.
No
Oh, eww. A Meta/Twitter mashup? No. Just no.
I loathe Facebook, although my church uses it, so I'll grudgingly check it once in a blue moon. Never quite got the whole Twitter concept. Used Twitter intensively only once or twice for simulcast commentary back when the Sharknado series was a thing. And found I could sometimes get faster customer service on (for instance) airline snafus, when company portals were unresponsive, and phone queues required waiting through 3 hours of drecklich Muzak.
Not a chance, I use Facebook only for groups (have rats so in a few niche groups), and the Meta quest headset since it was what I could afford for VR and it's standalone (shame it's not owned by oculus anymore). Other than that I refuse to use metas products and have never felt the need for twitter.
I say it’s cool to see a big company like Meta dipping it’s toes into ActivityPub and possibly cross-platform compatibility. I think that has the chance to expose more people to to the paradigm, and I really do think that more people should consider it. I’m wary about how Meta may approach it and what Meta may choose to do with it in time, but in sum, I’m in favor of it.
That sure doesn’t mean that I will be on Meta’s platform though 🙈.
I think it’ll be good for wider exposure, but I am wary of Meta’s history. Mastodon looks like it’ll scratch the Twitter itch in me plenty fine, and I’m of the understanding that Mastodon’s larger instances are pretty respectable in how they operate. Once I get my domain set up so I can don some self-hosted handles, I’ll be going with Mastodon’s services over Meta’s.
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The choice is between Zuckerberg or Musk? JFC, I guess Musk wins in assholery and malice but it's a really close one.
Absolutely not, I deleted all contents from this trash company and don't want to be part of it anymore
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Absolutely no way. I want as many firewalls as possible between me and the crap they pull so I'll move instances if any I'm on federate with a Meta platform.
Thank you but i would rather chew off my own arm than be under the thumb of Meta again. It's bad enough that my tattooers are on Instagram, the only thing i use my account for since years and i have to have Messenger to chat with friends; i refuse to engage with any more Meta shit
Nope. Not a chance.
Absolutely not. I dislike how much of my data I gave them over the years that I used Facebook. Don't want to start giving them that data again.
no lmao
I will likely snipe my username and that's about it
In the end it is just choosing a different overlord.
I never had any desire or need for Twitter in the first place, so no. Corporate or not, I just don't get what people like about that style of social media.
Absolutely not, Facebook is one of the worst big tech companies out there.
I've never really liked Twitter and couldn't get behind it. I've also never used Mastodon, but from a glance it appears to be a twitter replacement? Why not push that instead of Meta bullshit?
HARD PASS
I don't even have meta/ig account
I might set it up, since I already use Instagram, but I'm not sure how much I'll use it.
- I already have accounts on mastodon.social and jorts.horse, so what's the point for me?
- I wouldn't be able to post to Threads like I do to Twitter since my family are all on Instagram. They wouldn't get it.