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Re:Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Inst... by ryandrake on Friday April 16, 2021 @05:27PM (#26839254)
Thanks. I suppose maybe I'm just getting elderly and out of touch. Gotta be open to that possibility. I know kids can be cruel but wow. Even if not nefarious, it's callous. In my day you were excluded because you were weird, now it's because you aren't hooked to a particular corporate-mediated communication medium. Sometimes I think we deserve the mild dystopia we have built for ourselves!
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Re:Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Inst... by jka on Friday April 16, 2021 @05:41PM (#26839380)
This is kind-of a meta comment, but I expect that the platforms would actually benefit from this kind of defeatism in older generations, so I'd encourage you not to concede to it.

Yes, platforms can influence social interaction a lot - but ultimately, regardless of age, we're all still human.

I think most people learn to understand what's fair and unfair in terms of inclusivity, even if it takes longer in some situations. We'll figure out better solutions.

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