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Inside: Podcasting "Let the Platforms Burn"; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/18/urban-wildlife-interface/
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Greg Hills@pluralistic
"But what if, instead of trying to force Zuck to be a better emperor-for-life, we passed rules requiring him to let his subjects flee his tyrannical reign?"
This is crucial.
Meta won't let people delete their Threads account unless they also delete their Instagram account. That's Meta's Berlin Wall around Threads, designed (though they will have lots of "technical" reasons why it isn't) to prevent Threads users leaching into the Fediverse.
The wall must fall.
InfraredEyes@winterknell @pluralistic The other side of this is that you need an Instagram account to join Threads. I occasionally use Facebook, but I have never used Instagram and don't plan too. I can't be the only one.
VerschlimmbessererMe too. I eagerly embraced Facebook and Google in the late 2000s, but by the time Instagram was getting bigger in 2012-4 I thought it was just for narcissists. Losing trust in FAAMG happened about this time too.
@InfraredEyes @pluralistic That's me, too. I have a FB account that I use as rarely as possible. I'd delete it, but it is the most reliable way I have of keeping in touch with family.