Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site less divisive

Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by bhupy on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @10:10PM (#23318689)

Yeah but the vast majority of Facebook users don't care enough to learn how to use Mastodon. Try asking the average Social Security recipient to use IRC.

I reject the notion that "We all know users won’t pay enough for a subscription service to make a huge profit that makes the VC happy, makes the founder one of the ten richest people in the country etc" because...if you can figure out how to get Grandma to use a federated Mastodon-like service, then you would do just that.

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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by egypturnash on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @01:08AM (#23319562)

“Hi Mom! We’ve decided to leave Facebook. Jane’s set up our own little substitute. It’s where we’ll be posting all the pictures of the kids from now on. I’ve written up the basics in this letter; if you have any questions we can talk about it when I see you next week.

— Suzy <3”

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