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A guy once asked to be released from jury duty so as not to miss work. The Judge warned "don't give me the story that your workplace cannot survive without you

A guy once asked to be released from jury duty so as not to miss work. The Judge warned "don't give me the story that your workplace cannot survive without you for a week." He replied, "Oh, they can survive fine without me. I just don't want them to find that out" > Meta Is Absolutely Not Threatening to Leave Europe Europe will survive fine without FB, and FB will promise anything to keep them from finding that out. And then they will break every promise they can get away with breaking.

_int3_ 4y ago
If FB goes out of EU, people will just move to another social network on the list. ( There are many social networks out there )
- GekkePrutser 4y ago
  Personally, when I left Facebook I never looked back. My social media phase is over. All contact with friends is now via IM apps like Whatsapp and Telegram. Yes I know the former is owned by Facebook but it's not Social Media really. Most of my friends aren't on any social media anymore with the exception of LinkedIn which is kinda necessary for work. But I don't really use it like social media. I never post or read on it, just use it to look and apply for jobs. Before I left Facebook I thought I still needed social media and I backed OpenBook. But that was a mistake. They changed their name twice to ever dumber and forgettable names and have since shut down their service for over a year because they're working on something new, which they refuse to say anything about.. I consider it a scam now. The fediverse is more interesting but really I realized I don't need it anymore.
  - _int3_ 4y ago
    I don't think people care for definition of "social network" or "social media" . In case of "no more FB" they will just migrate to another application that allows them to communicate with each other, share photos, videos, etc.. Any app that can handle half billion of new users without crashing too much will do.

_int3_ 4y ago

If FB goes out of EU, people will just move to another social network on the list. ( There are many social networks out there )

GekkePrutser 4y ago
Personally, when I left Facebook I never looked back. My social media phase is over. All contact with friends is now via IM apps like Whatsapp and Telegram. Yes I know the former is owned by Facebook but it's not Social Media really. Most of my friends aren't on any social media anymore with the exception of LinkedIn which is kinda necessary for work. But I don't really use it like social media. I never post or read on it, just use it to look and apply for jobs. Before I left Facebook I thought I still needed social media and I backed OpenBook. But that was a mistake. They changed their name twice to ever dumber and forgettable names and have since shut down their service for over a year because they're working on something new, which they refuse to say anything about.. I consider it a scam now. The fediverse is more interesting but really I realized I don't need it anymore.
- _int3_ 4y ago
  I don't think people care for definition of "social network" or "social media" . In case of "no more FB" they will just migrate to another application that allows them to communicate with each other, share photos, videos, etc.. Any app that can handle half billion of new users without crashing too much will do.