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Yes. I think they just need to get their data centres built. Once they’re in position there will be less to report on, unless the people find a way to make the already existing centres newsworthy. That’s harder.

The “backlash” is half hearted and also sensationalised a little in the media.

People have not come together to meaningfully boycott these platforms. Boycott is the language these capitalists understand.

I do not understand why people still use meta platforms, for example. We could level these companies quickly. The excuse that “everyone else I know is there” is wilful paralysis: waiting for someone else to go first. And that’s why these tech oligarchs are confident. They’re probably right to be.

Yes, and the EU is currently promoting a very dodgy EU platform. When respected individuals report on the dodgyness , the get smeared as spreading “targetted disinformation” https://mastodon.ie/@elena@aseachange.com/117149520169152585

As much as i despise Meta and our governments who collude with them, my biggest disappointment is our fellow citizens who enable them the most.

Considering the vast amounts of knowledge it has at its disposal, I can only conclude that it’s not very smart at applying it. A person with a fraction of that knowledge will produce better results.

So it has more access to information, but the results are poor compared to a person.

According to Cybernews research team, the only route to a definitive answer is to invoke your GDPR rights if you're in the UK or EU.

ClarityCheck's privacy policy lists a privacy officer contact. Put these questions to them directly:

Do you hold, or have you held, any image of me in the faces or profiles stores?

Was any image of me within the set exposed between [DATE1] and [DATE2]?

What was the source of each image, and which user account submitted it?

Was an Article 34 notification to affected individuals considered, and on what basis was it decided against?

But how do I identify myself to these people, and is it safe to do so …

There’s a huge market for slop: junk food, slop entertainment, fast fashion. We’re a planet of slop lovers. AI slop will remain popular among many.

"A lot of men and their behaviors have ruined this product."

That's men acting as they intended using a product as intended. There is no plot twist here.

the point about showing skeptics this isn’t a hobby project is the real unlock here.

This is my conclusion too. These tools aren’t associated with meme distribution.

I’ve used Loops a lot, but not the analytics tool. When I say “analytics dashboard” to anyone who needs those tools, and I tell them there are over a million MAU they do perk up.

I don’t know what they do with that information, but they definitely get a first impression that ActivityPub (which is what I’m really promoting) is a serious and growing contender.

Yeah, it could be much better. The reason I think it’s worth posting is because Loops.video has a record of doing what they say to a decent standard, so it’s not just wishful thinking.

These are the kinds of tools that people use to justify the use of big tech (well, audience reach too). Hopefully this is a cause for optimism.

You know that leading with benign parts doesn't successfully hide the contradictions and unhinged parts later, right?