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WCDT strips 4241-4245 (13th April to 17th April, 2020)
cesium133:
I try to minimize my exposure to Facebook (the Facebook news feed is a cancer on the internet). I have several friends who insist on using Facebook Messenger as a substitute for texting, though, so I have Pidgin set up on my laptop for that. That way, I don't have to go to the site for it. If I have to go to the site for it, mbasic.facebook.com is a semi-tolerable version: simple interface, no scripts, minimal ads.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Theta9 on 21 Apr 2020, 08:11 ---
--- Quote from: sitnspin on 21 Apr 2020, 06:15 ---People still use Facebook? I haven't had an account in years.
--- End quote ---
It refuses to die.
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Zuckerberg is currently briarpatching in regards to social media regulations (which would ultimately cement the current ones) last I had heard.
I pretty much only use it because that's what my extended family uses to plan reunions now.
Thrudd:
I hadn't heard the tern Briarpatching but Walled Gardens were something he was pushing for the "FREE" internet access for the impoverished areas like India.
Fortunately the government caught on, weren't influenced by contributions and killed it right off.
Sadly the EU bureaucrats, where some might have good intentions, have made a right awful mess of things trying to kick the Big US companies in the jewels and effectively locked local startups out.
Sadly the alternatives have died off and/or been consumed and the new ones are even more problematic - TikTok anyone? :psyduck:
Everyone is a psychopathic data overlord wanting to make the most $$$ out of you no matter what the consequences.
Is it cold in here?:
I just realized the tech industry is a perfect example of the saying "Everything begins as a movement, turns into a business, and ends as a racket".
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Thrudd on 21 Apr 2020, 12:11 ---I hadn't heard the tern Briarpatching but Walled Gardens were something he was pushing for the "FREE" internet access for the impoverished areas like India.
Fortunately the government caught on, weren't influenced by contributions and killed it right off.
Sadly the EU bureaucrats, where some might have good intentions, have made a right awful mess of things trying to kick the Big US companies in the jewels and effectively locked local startups out.
Sadly the alternatives have died off and/or been consumed and the new ones are even more problematic - TikTok anyone? :psyduck:
Everyone is a psychopathic data overlord wanting to make the most $$$ out of you no matter what the consequences.
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Criminy......
Briarpatching: A form of reverse psychology whose name is derived from one of the stories of Br'er Rabbit. The titular Br'er Rabbit emphatically pleads for Br'er Fox to do anything but throw him into the briar patch. Which Br'er Fox proceeds to do, thus allowing Br'er Rabbit to escape.
Effectively the no no anything but that trope.
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