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Catbus
Hi, I'm Silicon Valley- you probably recognize me from classic inventions like 'Chatbot That Drives You Crazy', 'The App That Gives You An Eating Disorder', 'A Bus, Except Worse', and 'Doorbell That Reports Directly to the NSA'
Nov 1 at 6:39pmWeb
Show threadIronFerretNov 1
@ancient_catbus don’t forget “That one good idea that was immediately driven into the ground and spawned a million fractured copy cats” “wearable spyware” “corporate monopoly: part 2” and “gimme your money every month”
Show threadNico Nov 1

@ancient_catbus “I’m Silicon Valley McClure”

There fixed it for you

Show threadWeird SocksNov 1
@ancient_catbus
Even the invention part is a stretch.
A lot of the most significant stuff was simply lifted from publicly funded research.
Show threadGreg BellNov 1
@ancient_catbus who can forget timeless hits such as Work Rectangle and Doom-scrolling Rectangle
Show threadEugeneNov 1
@ancient_catbus Ok I recognize most of these but what is the app that gives you an eating disorder?
Show threadslacyNov 2
@familiaralien insta?
Show threadfood in trainingNov 5
@familiaralien @ancient_catbus insta
Show threadEugeneNov 6
@taq @ancient_catbus Ah I see! The only time i ever used Instagram was to share drawings so I didn't know about that side of it.
Show threadFediThing Nov 5

@ancient_catbus

Hahaha 😁

Show threadmidnight postingNov 5
@ancient_catbus So many parasocial attachments to technology designed to harvest my information I just can't choose