Jason KoeblerJan 10, 2025
New: Meta has deleted trans and nonbinary Messenger themes, as well as the blog posts announcing them. Happens the same week that it has changed its rules to allow users to say LGBTQ+ people are "mentally ill" www.404media.co/meta-deletes...

Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbina...
Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes

Amid a series of changes that allows users to target LGBTQ+ people, Meta has deleted product features it initially championed.

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The blog posts announcing these themes were heavy on inclusivity and highlighting queer employees. Blog posts are now gone, themes are gone. Internal code commit from this week says the themes have been "retired."
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Employee tells me: "I’ve never seen morale this low. Most folks expected some change with the incoming administration’s hostility to gay and trans people but this just feels vicious, almost gleeful”
Jan 10, 2025 at 5:14pmWeb
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like clockwork
Show threadJason KoeblerJan 10, 2025
I am too tired to write any more blogs this week but I listened to an hour of this and the quick summary of this for anyone interested so you do not have to listen to it is like:
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Zuckerberg says he felt pressured after 2016 election and during COVID to do more content moderation. Said people in Biden administration "hate" Meta and that they would call Meta "screaming" asking them to take action on COVID/vax stuff "even though it was true" or satire.
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Asked for specifics or if Meta recorded these calls, Zuck said he was not on them and no they don't have recordings. Said they have emails and that the emails are public. Says Community Notes is a "better product" than fact checking and "X got it right"
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Says they don't want to "police opinions." Said he's tired of the US government attacking tech companies and thinks that Trump won't do that. Said US govt under biden is "tip of the spear" attacking tech companies Says US govt should "defend" US tech companies from regulation from other countries
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Said EU has fined US tech companies $30 billion, implied that much of this was unjust and would not have happened if US govt "defended" them better I stopped listening after that bc i have other things to do
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@jasonkoebler.bsky.social what a backwards asshole. We see Trump screaming and intimidating all the time. When biden first got in office we had people telling us vaccines made them magnetic.
Show threadJason KoeblerJan 10, 2025
tbt: