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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Holy Shit. It's real and it's nuts.

I only use the website instead of the app but searching for #Democrat results in démoratie and démocratieparticipative while searching for #Republican results in republican, republican party, republicanmemes, republicanwomen, republicans.

It's shocking to experience this sort of censorship in real time.

I wish I had more influence to get people to more to a federated platform. Me quitting IG isn't going to do anything other than cut myself off from information I occasionally want to access (local business events).

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Do it, quit. Even if no one else does it. Stop relying on these tools.

Stop justifying using their services. Businesses should have multiple avenues to get the information you need. If they're solely dependent on Meta, they won't change unless people leave.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

One user said their cousin noticed a notification about Trump changing his profile picture.

Some quality reporting there.

[–] [email protected] 199 points 2 days ago (18 children)

It is important to note that if you followed the official VP Harris or POTUS Biden, those accounts were turned over to Vance and Trump yesterday. It's not actually an auto-follow because you were already following them.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Everyone who is semi intelligent knew this was going to happen. People need to quit acting like theybare surprised. It's going to get worse, and the only people protected are rich white people who suck up to evil. Even then you're not safe. Bumpler was good friends with Epstein until Epstein bought a piece of property that krumpler wanted. That's why they stopped being friends. It wasn't the sex trafficking that turned him away.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Ugh. And they can do whatever they want. The vast majority of people, even if they care a little, won't jump ship.

Social media is looking more like a religion these days.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (4 children)

AUTO FOLLOWING? HOLY SHIT.

Honestly I'm sure they will come up with some bullshit excuse for the others. But the auto-follow? Damn.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Reminds me of Tom on MySpace

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)

still feel like there's need to be federated with threads?

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"What are you going to do? Leave? Hahaha."

--Marky Mark, probably

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

Wait, I thought they were going to end censorship.

META wouldn't go and just lie like that, would they?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

LoL ✌️ Improve freedom of speech ✌️

[–] [email protected] 100 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Looks like Zuckerberg got into Trump's face paint

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe they had a sleepover!

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can you see how Zuckerberg's face is turning orange?

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[–] [email protected] 152 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Lol not even a fuckin full day.

Do your service and convince your parents to leave every Meta product.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (11 children)

What's the equivalent easy(ish) to use / post replacement for them?

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[–] [email protected] 246 points 2 days ago (4 children)

It is almost like meta is a terrible company.

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