In a better world, I might hope for this to be the beginning of the end for social media and online ads. In this one, well…

  • @[email protected]
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    375 months ago

    Other than myself I only know one other person who has quit Facebook over this, so I very much doubt that advertisers will stay away. It took a lot more for them to leave Twitter, even after Elon told them to fuck off and sued them for not advertising on his platform.

    • @[email protected]
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      55 months ago

      I remember back when Elmo took over Twitter and advertisers could be shamed into quitting. But slowly they all crawled back. Hopefully it will stick this time.

    • @[email protected]
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      215 months ago

      Everyone I know that would have left Facebook over this already left years ago during other scares/changes/security issues.

      I dropped it cold Turkey about 9yrs ago and never looked back.

  • @[email protected]
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    245 months ago

    Advertisers will go where people are. Unless people are leaving the Zuckerverse, the advertisers will just go along with it.

  • @[email protected]
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    95 months ago

    To paraphrase Mayor Quimby: if the winds of change are blowing, never let it be said that Mark Zuckerberg does not also blow.

  • Tony Bark
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    105 months ago

    Who knew, these tech bros would drive consumers and advertisers together to fight a common enemy.

  • @[email protected]
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    575 months ago

    That doesn’t matter, his current customers are governments and oligarchs who want people to have certain opinion.

  • @[email protected]
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    45 months ago

    How rude am I allowed to be to my friends who have facebook accounts? Cause I want to ask them how different it is from Stromfront.

    • Hominine
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      15 months ago

      Seems reasonable. Probably not that different to boot.

  • Computerchairgeneral
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    235 months ago

    I don’t have much faith in advertisers starving Zuckerberg of cash. Unless there’s an exodus of users from Facebook, Instagram, and whatever else Zuckerberg owns then there’s not going to be any pressure on advertisers to abandon those sites.

    • @[email protected]
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      15 months ago

      Just one major advertising client leaving is devastating. Nobody wants their business’s ad to appear next to nazi-content.

    • Echo Dot
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      95 months ago

      They just understand that Nazis are not good for business.

  • @[email protected]
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    115 months ago

    You don’t need advertisers when you’ve got the garment in your pocket. Don’t you worry that little deposit he made into the White House coffers won’t let him plenty of sweet cash.

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        5 months ago

        Now, can Facebook shut down to the Green Day’s “Good Riddance (Time of your life)”?

          • Snot Flickerman
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            135 months ago

            God damn it these fucking techbro loligarchs and their dipshit nerd humor.

            Hurr hurr we’re making a fork of the US government code hurr durr.

            What a bunch of juvenile fucking delinquents.

        • @[email protected]
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          105 months ago

          I don’t know. Haven’t been playing that close enough attention. Wake Me Up When September Ends.