Big Social media feeds are a monetized on-demand disassociative for the masses.
It's amazing how many spam or fake accounts there are on major platforms. 🤯
But when regular (business) users want to make small changes to existing accounts they have to jump through so many hoops: from verification txts - even when 2FA or passkeys have been set up - to verification videos. 🫣🤦♂️
When we look back at #Meta, #Xitter, #Bytedance, #Google and #Tencent twenty years from now, we'll think of them as we think of #ImperialBrands, #BritishAmerican and #PhilipMorris today.
The social and societal consequences of the dopamine predators won't be forgotten and it won't be forgiven.
We managed to bring #BigTobacco to their knees -- let's do the same to #BigSocial.
We need to ban targeted advertising and behavioral tracking. Put the predators in jail.
Einige kritisieren #Fediverse-Dienste wie #Mastodon dafür, dass sie zu kompliziert seien, oder die User Experience (#UX) nicht an das Erlebnis bei #BigSocial wie X, BlueSky, Threads etc. herankäme.
Ich denke, die Feststellung ist so erst mal richtig, aber wir sollten sie ein wenig einordnen, um auf diesen Einwand mit Argumenten und evtl. auch mit Maßnahmen einzugehen. Ein Thread (1/10)