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This is great news. The faster Meta can decline and people can reclaim their time the better.

by nelsonic 4y ago

candiodari 4y ago
In reality it's being replaced by TikTok. End result is neither reclaiming time nor better politics ...
- Karunamon 4y ago
  At least TikTok makes it easy to opt out of political programming. A couple of thumbs down presses whenever those show up in your feed does the trick.
  - syntheticnature 4y ago
    For the moment, that is. I'm not saying this is an issue specific to TikTok, just that it's very easy for them to change how things work, just as Instagram is changing to increase ads.
    - mradek 4y ago
      hey I'm new to HN and was searching for some posts on "XMPP" and other chat backends and saw you posted on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27635547 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27635547 I am considering using ejabbered and wondering what your thoughts are on it today. Thanks
pclmulqdq 4y ago
Same for YouTube.
fullshark 4y ago
It will just go somewhere else that you consider unworthy. The tools and methods we've developed to attract eyeballs are not going away.
- barbazoo 4y ago
  Maybe the next one will be less destructive to our societies
  - yunwal 4y ago
    I mean, all things indicate most of those eyeballs are moving to tiktok, which seems more addictive and less social.
tablespoon 4y ago
> This is great news. The faster Meta can decline and people can reclaim their time the better. Why? Facebook's decline doesn't mean social media's decline. They'll just go to TikTok, which I understand is even worse [1]. [1] And by worse, I mean a slicker and more addictive product. It might feel more enjoyable, but that's actually worse, IMHO.
mechanical_bear 4y ago
I quit meta sometime ago. I just spend the time on HN now. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
summerlight 4y ago
Those naive people cannot even imagine the worse. FB and IG are not even close to the worst.
micromacrofoot 4y ago
That ship has already sailed, they're not reclaiming time, it's just going somewhere else that's more effective at capturing time.

This is great news. The faster Meta can decline and people can reclaim their time the better.

candiodari 4y ago

In reality it's being replaced by TikTok. End result is neither reclaiming time nor better politics ...

Karunamon 4y ago
At least TikTok makes it easy to opt out of political programming. A couple of thumbs down presses whenever those show up in your feed does the trick.
- syntheticnature 4y ago
  For the moment, that is. I'm not saying this is an issue specific to TikTok, just that it's very easy for them to change how things work, just as Instagram is changing to increase ads.
  - mradek 4y ago
    hey I'm new to HN and was searching for some posts on "XMPP" and other chat backends and saw you posted on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27635547 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27635547 I am considering using ejabbered and wondering what your thoughts are on it today. Thanks

pclmulqdq 4y ago

Same for YouTube.

fullshark 4y ago

It will just go somewhere else that you consider unworthy. The tools and methods we've developed to attract eyeballs are not going away.

barbazoo 4y ago
Maybe the next one will be less destructive to our societies
- yunwal 4y ago
  I mean, all things indicate most of those eyeballs are moving to tiktok, which seems more addictive and less social.

tablespoon 4y ago

> This is great news. The faster Meta can decline and people can reclaim their time the better. Why? Facebook's decline doesn't mean social media's decline. They'll just go to TikTok, which I understand is even worse [1]. [1] And by worse, I mean a slicker and more addictive product. It might feel more enjoyable, but that's actually worse, IMHO.

mechanical_bear 4y ago

I quit meta sometime ago. I just spend the time on HN now. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

summerlight 4y ago

Those naive people cannot even imagine the worse. FB and IG are not even close to the worst.

micromacrofoot 4y ago

That ship has already sailed, they're not reclaiming time, it's just going somewhere else that's more effective at capturing time.