@eli it's obvious that you don't know what propaganda is if you think it has to be counterfactual to be propaganda
simply not using social media is not a solution to the current implementations of social media being bad. socializing on the internet with billions of people (i.e. not irc, not the fediverse, not matrix - the people using WA and IG and Twitter etc) is one of the best things to ever happen to humanity, and it sucks bad that it's been zucced by a greedy, totalitarian sociopath. if elon unfucks twitter it might be totally fucking amazing.
@dhfir that's a new one
@x iphones leak data to apple constantly, including sim card number and hardware serial. they are as bad as google.
@surfingalot disagree
@libreleah lol rationalize more
@libreleah "fuck twitter, but i'll still donate content and MAU numbers when I don't have to"
lol@u
This is worth sharing.
It's an animated GIF where every frame is a valid QR code that leads to the "Never Gonna Give You Up" rickroll.
That's kind of amazing.
@HerbSteelbranch discord is a censorship platform, do not use it
I got asked about this by somebody from WIRED so I got some numbers together. I believe that Mastodon servers have gained around 49,000 new people since March. Our iOS app downloads rose by 109%. On mastodon.social, I am seeing a 71% increase in sign-ups and 36% increase in monthly active users as people are coming back to their old accounts.
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