Idk anything about this fellow but there’s some interesting history if nothing else. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCTlcj5vImk
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Monday, 4 October 2021 22:48 (two years ago) link
The only people I know who use WhatsApp are South and Central American immigrants who talk to their relatives at home that way. They'd be really screwed if it went away.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 4 October 2021 22:49 (two years ago) link
I think we just need to be able to “poke” other ilx’ors here and we might never need Facebook again
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 4 October 2021 22:57 (two years ago) link
How long has Apple been able to sustain their death spiral?
Its death spiral of making very popular things that cost a lot of money and selling them?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 00:17 (two years ago) link
Apple is pretty much an old school traditional business compared to FB, Google etc
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 00:18 (two years ago) link
Apple has much more in common with Nintendo than FB or Google
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 00:22 (two years ago) link
otm, also they have actual stores you can go to if you have issues
― sleeve, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 00:27 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byEFBBN1ueE
― anvil, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 01:20 (two years ago) link
Sammy the Bull with the inside scoop
― anvil, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 01:21 (two years ago) link
the only people I know who DON'T use WhatsApp are North Americans. entire governments in Asia and Africa are run on WhatsApp.
this morning, govt ministries here in Malaysia were scrambling to set up alternative chat groups on Telegram in case there's another outage.
― Roz, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 04:44 (two years ago) link
i used it when I was in the Philippines, it was basically how i kept in contact with the local partner site there and arranged pick-ups.
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 04:56 (two years ago) link
Camaraderie, there's this thing where you click on three dots next to someone's name, and three of the options are literally:
- see fewer posts like this- temporarily stop seeing posts- stop seeing posts but stay friends
― Extinct Namibian shrub genus: Var. (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 07:13 (two years ago) link
but if I actually engage with it then the battle is lost.
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 07:15 (two years ago) link
I wish insta had a fewer posts option. Some people post waaay too much. Only option is to mute them and then they’re kind of lost forever!
― calstars, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
In the last two weeks, I've had three friend requests on my dormant account from girls I knew in junior high school. Keep in mind it was a small school, so we're talking about a pool of only 20-30 people.
I guess one of them friend-requested me first, and that made me pop up on the others? It's weird though. I would've been flattered 35 years ago, but now, no way. Not going to be a part of whatever algorhythm they've got buzzing up there.
Besides, they can find me on Twitter.
― pplains, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 01:00 (two years ago) link
Faced with a similar sitch, I’d probably accept. Junior high was a special time
― calstars, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 01:51 (two years ago) link
a time I'd never like to relive
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 01:57 (two years ago) link
Sorry brah
― calstars, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 02:28 (two years ago) link
Accepting them would put Sarah Huckabee Sanders into my timeline faster than a heartbeat.
― pplains, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 12:31 (two years ago) link
Thread name change request.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 28 October 2021 18:39 (two years ago) link
Don't think the site's name is changing? Kind of like Google brands now being under "Alphabet"?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 28 October 2021 18:46 (two years ago) link
change the thread title to "Illegal Money Laundering Scheme discussion thread"
― the utility infielder of theatre (Neanderthal), Thursday, 28 October 2021 18:48 (two years ago) link
o i c
xpost
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 28 October 2021 18:57 (two years ago) link
I vote for YouFace
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 28 October 2021 18:57 (two years ago) link
can i say you launder my money on Facebook?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 28 October 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
can I say you're my bookfriend on Facegirl?
― the utility infielder of theatre (Neanderthal), Thursday, 28 October 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
dude, meta
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 28 October 2021 19:02 (two years ago) link
never meta bookfriend I didn't like
― the utility infielder of theatre (Neanderthal), Thursday, 28 October 2021 19:02 (two years ago) link
i think of it as The Birthday Site
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 28 October 2021 19:03 (two years ago) link
There's no I in Meta
― gin and catatonic (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 28 October 2021 19:04 (two years ago) link
Meta = Eat M
So close
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 28 October 2021 19:15 (two years ago) link
But there is a "me"!
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Thursday, 28 October 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
".. a lot of us will be creating and inhabiting worlds that are just as detailed and convincing as this one, on a daily basis."
So while you're actually working graveyard on a poultry processing line, your Meta-Me can be soaking in a crowded hot tub in Monaco
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 28 October 2021 19:23 (two years ago) link
How did I miss that Facebook has a tech guru avatar called Boz?
― Alba, Thursday, 28 October 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
1.) everyone will keep calling the company "Facebook", just like everyone still calls Alphabet "Google"
2.) i take it this is just so if lawmakers try to make them divest Instagram (which really should have triggered antitrust issues when they bought it IMO) they can pretend "oh it's all just another service that Meta provides, it can't really be separated"
― Lee626, Thursday, 28 October 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
Yeah, he's probably going to announce an exciting new strategic partnership with the Cayman Islands as well
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 28 October 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
it would only take a tiny bit of effort for zuck to achieve mark davis hair
― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 October 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link
he wants us plugged into vr machines all the time right?
― treeship., Thursday, 28 October 2021 20:47 (two years ago) link
seems very ominous.
This is hell.
WATCH: Sneak Peek at Facebook metaverse pic.twitter.com/rUGGiJeMLr— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) October 28, 2021
― jmm, Thursday, 28 October 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
who wants this?
― treeship., Thursday, 28 October 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
Rebooting Second Life after less than 20 years is a bold move.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 28 October 2021 20:52 (two years ago) link
PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR POOR DOG DICKHEADS
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 28 October 2021 20:54 (two years ago) link
That animation looks like a Nickelodeon show from 2003
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 28 October 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/KOAR7Vq.pngPenis head
― calstars, Thursday, 28 October 2021 21:29 (two years ago) link
People announcing bullshit (also looking at you Apple keynote presenters) need to put their hands down
― calstars, Thursday, 28 October 2021 21:31 (two years ago) link
Oh wait. I remember this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJQVlVHsFF8
― pplains, Thursday, 28 October 2021 21:54 (two years ago) link
There are local TV ads featuring some NY state health official encouraging people to get vaccinated (and get flu shots) and I can't fucking stand to watch them because the guy giving the spiel a) only says about two words at a time before pausing for dramatic effect, and it never follows natural speech rhythms, it's like if Christopher Walken had aphasia and b) has clearly stolen all of his hand gestures from obsessively watching YouTube videos of Obama from 2008.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 28 October 2021 22:29 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQkYBbM9YyM
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 October 2021 22:34 (two years ago) link
Why does it seem like every 5 or so years there's this big VR push, when afaict no one gives a fuck about VR, wearing VR goggles, hanging out in VR rooms doing VR stuff, etc.? Leave that shit for astronauts and surgeons to use and stop trying to convince me it has a real purpose or place in our lives.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 October 2021 22:46 (two years ago) link