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Don't think I've ever been quoted to open a blog post before. 'Cept maybe my own.

And now I'm linking @aral quoting me retweeting Aral and we're all still in agreement about Facebook.

The main reason I hate Facebook is that Zuck is a creep who's managed to use his neural nets to creep on more people than any creep has ever creeped on before. He's climbed above all the other creeps. He's the meta-creep.

That and the fact they shuffle your timeline while replacing some of your friends posts with adverts.

In truth I was forgiving of the first reason while they weren't doing the second much. It's as they mangled the timelines more and more I actually quit and blocked their domains.

Aral's right that the deep root cause of both of those things is the business model, and that the key to solving it is to have a network without owners, not just replace or regulate the owner.

ar.al/2022/02/07/everyone-hate

Aral Balkan · Everyone Hates Facebook (but this is more than just about Facebook)“And my timelines lit up in a rare unity, the left and right, the rich and the poor, the healthy and the sick, all pleading and nodding and saying, yes, yes please, please do that.” - Adam Dalliance Well, it’s official, everybody hates Facebook. But why we hate it matters. As does what we intend to do about it. For more good reasons to hate Facebook and other people farmers, watch my talk, The Camera Panopticon.