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I’d like to see stats on that, because there are equally many 2nd language speakers in English speaking spaces as well. Not to mention the brits, irish, aussies, kiwis, canadians, etc, and that’s before we get into this list of places with a non majority first language population, like many countries in Africa.

I think the percentage of Americans on the internet will be higher, but still not a majority

Greece re-introduces the 6 day work week… It used to be the standard. Y’know, in the 18th fucking century

@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world has a distinctive profile picture, and I see them everywhere. Also I suspect I know @Dave@lemmy.nz IRL, but I’m not certain.

Lol, I’m not sure I’d describe it as anime, but I understand what you mean. Personally I quite like the aesthetic of it. It makes them feel just the right amount of fake to me that I won’t feel bad deleting the pool ladder. I can totally see how it would bug you though. Hopefully it’ll be easy to mod out, or at least turn down.

I still have hope for Paralives

Have a look at Paralives

So what I’m hearing is: Fauci DIDN’T shoot a puppy in a gravel pit for essentially getting too excited…

what a monster /s

I’d say it’s because Apple’s implementation isn’t essentially spyware at it’s core. The Microsoft implementation was straight up deranged and dangerous, frankly.

“Winamp, it really whips the llama’s ass”

I… partially agree? There’s a bit of a difference between the targeted tracking a private individual does with an airtag, vs the generalized, but equally creepy tracking google/apple/others do through widespread tech. One definitely poses a greater short term risk than the other

Psh, I’m already doing that! I’m using smoke signals to write this right now!

Serious response: How would a movement like that spread awareness of itself?

They should take it literally, because it is meant literally!

They’re not exploiting customers, they are exploiting people. Those people are NOT their customers.

Facebook is literally selling people in data form. Everything you post, everyone you interact with, everything you look at across most of the web (not just facebook.com) is all catalogued and used to create a fingerprint that is a digital representation of you, and that is their product! “Essence of /u/Melt for sale here”

Their customers are advertisers.

ETA: Link

those running Facebook groups routinely find that their content isn’t even being shown to those who choose to follow them thanks to Meta’s outright abusive approach to social media where the customer is not only wrong, but should ideally have little control over what they see.

inhales deeply YOU ARE NOT THE CUSTOMER!!! YOU ARE THE PRODUCT!!!

It astounds me how many people STILL don’t understand this

I prefer flipping that number on it’s head. 15%. They delivered 15% of what they promised and are now saying “fuck it.”

It’s the equivalent of writing your name on the exam, and then sitting there doodling for the rest of the time.

I feel this. I’m well aware that if my partner wasn’t on Facebook, we wouldn’t have a social life. I HATE that fact, but that, sadly, is where people put their events. I don’t think I’d join if she left, but I can’t deny that I benefit from her being on the platform.

She won’t leave until everybody else does, and they won’t leave until everybody else does, and so nobody leaves. It’s dystopian.

Thanks, that was a great answer! I had no idea it was so complicated. I was definitely in the naive camp there.

You’re forgetting about the schmuck on the other end of that equation that has to answer the same question a thousand times over.

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After covid, this strikes me as a dangerous thing to say. Are you an immunologist and could you expound on this?

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