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mesa@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram on the rise after Meta ends fact-checking | TechCrunch

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Google searches for how to cancel and delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts have seen rises in the U.S. since Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg
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    He’s getting very Trumpy with the orange tint and pale skin around the eyes.

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    Super easy, barely an inconvenience. The age of social media needs to die

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      The age of social media dying is tight!

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        Yeah yeah yeah… yeah

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      Says dude on social media

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        This is more like a-social media dawg lol

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    We all know that in the end only maybe 1 or 2% max will delete their account

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      meh its no longer growing.

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    I only had to google it because they make it so convoluted to find the delete account button.

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    Once these platforms are perceived as a way for people to make a living somehow, they ain’t leaving. That’s why nice places like mastodon stay niche. Without virality, people don’t see the upside for them. They want a grift they can understand.

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    i’m so tired of nothingburger feel good ‘stories’ about search trends

    this really is just reddit lite

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      Eh, it goes harder in some of the bad things about Reddit, but it’s better in others. So it’s less “Reddit lite” and more discount Reddit.

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    Dropped Facebook completely in 2018 my mental health was much better for it

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    he’s replacing it with community notes, which is a good thing. the problem i have with Facebook and Instagram is all the useless junk videos that i didn’t ask for and it keeps showing me

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      Community note: this guy smells and is wrong.

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        they don’t usually happen that way

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        Community saw this as a potential note and agreed that it isn’t provably true and doesn’t contribute to the post. Rejected and it won’t be shown.

        If you think this method doesn’t work I have an entire Wikipedia to show you.

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          How quickly would wiki tank if the bad faith actors outnumbered the good?

          And have you SEEN Facebook?

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            The bad faith actors used to outnumber the good. That’s why Wikipedia’s reputation has never recovered, and they’ve never been able to beat the allegations. However, Wikipedia fixed what was wrong with their system of citing and verifying information contributed by others years ago. And X’s Community Notes system has a similar mechanism in place that has proven to be equally as effective and verifiable.

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    no fact checking and a ton of bots being added? Sounds like a fantastic place to spend time. /s

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    I don’t want to see this human’s face again.

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      “human”

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        unfortunately yes

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    I am now scheduled for deletion.

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      It’s silly they don’t just delete it instead they make you wait…

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        It’s so they can back your shit up probably lol

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          No, it’s so they can cancel the deletion if you “change your mind” (read: interact with it in any way).

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    stop upvoting “news” that only ends up giving more visibility to these clowns

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      I think Facebook is popular enough, that this kind of news is actually damaging…

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    I don’t care about Facebook, but Messenger and Marketplace I cannot replace them at all for the moment :-/

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    I’m waiting to see what happens before I make any moves. I’ve been on Meta apps for over a decade, I don’t want to lose the connections if I don’t have to.

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    Critics see the move as an attempt to cater to the incoming Trump administration and avoid political retaliation,

    Give me a break. Since when does the billionaire parasite class have anything to fear from the US establishment?

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