People complaining people are only doing this to follow a trend are completely right. BUT! some of those trend chasers might actually stop and think about the message, and might realized we're all being scammed by modern tech/software companies.

I ain't expecting some mass protest or anything, but it's at the very least a small handful more people giving a shit about their relationship with technology. As apposed to most who just throw their information and money at any sign-up page that asks.

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[–] Gsus4@feddit.nl 3 points 6 days ago

From the same business geniuses that though that having you pay a fee to be allowed to pick a seat next to your other family members in an airplane was a good idea...

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

In reference to the subject on Rossman's screenshot, that is an 8 year old scandal that was, AFAIK, never proven. What was proven, was an 11 year old report on emotional manipulation by then Facebook

[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This was surfaced in Sarah Wynn-Williams’ book.

The social media company likewise tracked when adolescent girls deleted selfies, "so it can serve a beauty ad to them at that moment," according to Wynn-Williams. Other examples of Facebook's ad lechery are said to include the targeting of young mothers based on their emotional state, as well as emotional indexes mapped to racial groups, like a "Hispanic and African American Feeling Fantastic Over-index."

Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads

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[–] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Anyone remember blackout for gaza? It was performative then for a much more important cause with much more public support.

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