Project Bettergram
@thebettergram.bsky.social
Bettergram coming soon with a better way (than that other place fka as Instagram)!
For moments, memories & better social media!📱⬆️😅
Let’s get Facebook/Meta/Zuckerberg/Musk/X out of here & reclaim the internet! 🥊🥊
For moments, memories & better social media!📱⬆️😅
Let’s get Facebook/Meta/Zuckerberg/Musk/X out of here & reclaim the internet! 🥊🥊
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“Meta hasn't ‘made a right-wing turn.’ It’s been an active arm of the right wing media for nearly a decade…”
Newsletter: Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA pivot is really just the continuation of years of rotting out the core products of Instagram and Facebook - and begins an era of unrestrained, unrepentant growth where tech will proudly make their products even worse.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-slop-society/
www.wheresyoured.at/the-slop-society/
The Slop Society
In the last week we've seen the emergence of the true Meta — and the true Mark Zuckerberg — as the company ended its fact-checking program, claiming that (and I quote) "fact checkers have been too pol...
www.wheresyoured.at
January 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
“Meta hasn't ‘made a right-wing turn.’ It’s been an active arm of the right wing media for nearly a decade…”
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"It is time to create a FOIA-like system for Big Tech. Such a framework could require tech companies to disclose data critical for public oversight, including information on algorithmic decision-making, data collection practices and content moderation policies." - @lauramanley.bsky.social
Opinion | We need a Freedom of Information Act for Big Tech
Accountability systems should reflect the prodigious influence these companies have over our lives.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"It is time to create a FOIA-like system for Big Tech. Such a framework could require tech companies to disclose data critical for public oversight, including information on algorithmic decision-making, data collection practices and content moderation policies." - @lauramanley.bsky.social
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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
www.eff.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
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“People looking for alternative social media apps should be cautious about the privacy implications of sharing information with an app that has not yet seen substantial public scrutiny outside of China,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @theverge.com.
As Americans flock to RedNote, privacy advocates warn about surveillance
Privacy advocates are also warning against using the app.
www.theverge.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
“People looking for alternative social media apps should be cautious about the privacy implications of sharing information with an app that has not yet seen substantial public scrutiny outside of China,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @theverge.com.
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Do you agree to the Rednote terms of service?
January 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Do you agree to the Rednote terms of service?
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Just saw a no-longer relevant evacuation notice on instagram from five hours ago and remembered — that’s right, due to hyper-monetization every major social network no longer shows you life-saving breaking news as it happens.
They turned it over to an algorithm that finally noticed “he likes fire.”
They turned it over to an algorithm that finally noticed “he likes fire.”
January 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Just saw a no-longer relevant evacuation notice on instagram from five hours ago and remembered — that’s right, due to hyper-monetization every major social network no longer shows you life-saving breaking news as it happens.
They turned it over to an algorithm that finally noticed “he likes fire.”
They turned it over to an algorithm that finally noticed “he likes fire.”
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Folks are mostly missing the forest for the trees re: the recent Meta announcement. Specifically, the focus on the move from fact checking to community notes. There two different changes that are a much bigger deal that have received less focus. 🧵 1/11
January 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Folks are mostly missing the forest for the trees re: the recent Meta announcement. Specifically, the focus on the move from fact checking to community notes. There two different changes that are a much bigger deal that have received less focus. 🧵 1/11
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I am glad that there is another Facebook exodus & I would never say anyone is unwelcome until they prove otherwise, but I think that we should prepare ourselves mentally for having even more of the wildest shit possible said to us on this app just because we dare to exist & have independent thoughts
January 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I am glad that there is another Facebook exodus & I would never say anyone is unwelcome until they prove otherwise, but I think that we should prepare ourselves mentally for having even more of the wildest shit possible said to us on this app just because we dare to exist & have independent thoughts
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i don't even mean this as a facebook hater (though i am), but it is the most unusable discussion forum on the internet - how do people even have these "conversations" on there
January 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
i don't even mean this as a facebook hater (though i am), but it is the most unusable discussion forum on the internet - how do people even have these "conversations" on there
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Meta's Mark Zuckerberg getting rid of fact checking to appease the orange-faced buffoon.
January 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg getting rid of fact checking to appease the orange-faced buffoon.
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This is a fascinating turn of events
January 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This is a fascinating turn of events
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The man in charge of social media platforms used by billions should show some moral courage, writes @jemima.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/682c...
January 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The man in charge of social media platforms used by billions should show some moral courage, writes @jemima.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/682c...
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"Cutting fact checkers from social platforms is like disbanding your fire department." www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/t...
Soon to be out of a job, Meta’s fact-checkers battle a blaze of wildfire conspiracy theories | CNN Business
Just hours after Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg announced last Tuesday that the social media giant would eliminate its US-based fact-checkers, the iconic hills above Los Angeles began to smolder.
www.cnn.com
January 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"Cutting fact checkers from social platforms is like disbanding your fire department." www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/t...
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Can Elon Musk do for TikTok what he did for Twitter (kill it)??? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Can Elon Musk do for TikTok what he did for Twitter (kill it)??? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Encouraging how much talk of everyone getting a website is. YES. You should get your own website because all these tech companies keep pulling the rug under us.
January 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Encouraging how much talk of everyone getting a website is. YES. You should get your own website because all these tech companies keep pulling the rug under us.
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‘It’s total chaos internally at Meta right now’: Employees protest Zuckerberg’s anti-LGBTQ changes
Meta's decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill" has sparked widespread backlash at the company.
🔗 www.404media.co/its-total-ch...
Meta's decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill" has sparked widespread backlash at the company.
🔗 www.404media.co/its-total-ch...
January 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
‘It’s total chaos internally at Meta right now’: Employees protest Zuckerberg’s anti-LGBTQ changes
Meta's decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill" has sparked widespread backlash at the company.
🔗 www.404media.co/its-total-ch...
Meta's decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill" has sparked widespread backlash at the company.
🔗 www.404media.co/its-total-ch...
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Going to hell in a handcart or what? (h/t @tortoisemedia.bsky.social)
January 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Going to hell in a handcart or what? (h/t @tortoisemedia.bsky.social)
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Gonna be a long night but the guy on KCAL just said it seems like the Sunset Fire is under control and whew buddy did it feels nice to get some good news out here
January 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Gonna be a long night but the guy on KCAL just said it seems like the Sunset Fire is under control and whew buddy did it feels nice to get some good news out here
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thank you LAFD, today illustrates why a great man once said “nobody ever made a song called ‘fuck the fire department’”
January 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
thank you LAFD, today illustrates why a great man once said “nobody ever made a song called ‘fuck the fire department’”
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For SoCal friends,
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
January 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
For SoCal friends,
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
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I left Facebook years ago, but if ever there was a reason to dump any META product, it is now. Ban TikTok? This is much worse.
January 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I left Facebook years ago, but if ever there was a reason to dump any META product, it is now. Ban TikTok? This is much worse.
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lol I maybe fully went off on Zuck over on Threads (Instagram verified me many years ago, maybe back before FB bought them? so he’ll get a notification that I quoted him)
January 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
lol I maybe fully went off on Zuck over on Threads (Instagram verified me many years ago, maybe back before FB bought them? so he’ll get a notification that I quoted him)
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.