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Everyone is talking about sex work and all I can think of is Zuck gently pushing on one side of your face to try and force you to focus on an ad for at least 15

Everyone is talking about sex work and all I can think of is Zuck gently pushing on one side of your face to try and force you to focus on an ad for at least 1500ms. Welcome to the Metaverse.

baxtr 4y ago
Attention is the most important currency in this world - at least since Edward Bernays. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays
- gumboza 4y ago
  As an ADHD sufferer I’m the least valuable person on the planet :)
lynx23 4y ago
This would be scary if Facebook were mandatory. The cattle still has to go to the slaughterhouse, voluntarily....
- Mezzie 4y ago
  Oh, it won't be 'mandatory'. It'll just require 26 hours of effort in a day to not engage or you'll need to put up with substantial weakness on the job and personal relationship (friendship and romantic) markets.
  - lynx23 4y ago
    Luckily, I am old enough to not be bothered by that. Friends who pressure me into using something I dont want to use, are not really friends, and therefore disposable. And dont get me going on the online dating bussiness. I wouldn't want to touch someone who seriously believes looks are the primary factor for choosing a mate. No thanks, I already know some shallow people, no need to find more.
    - Mezzie 4y ago
      Wait until you're in a nursing home and can't go join your friends for Hyper-Bingo(TM) because it's all run through the Meta app due to an agreement between the nursing home and Meta. Bonus points if you chose the home before the partnership but don't have the money or mental capacity to leave. It's never a problem for you until it is. Oh, and best hope that there are enough people offline to be a viable dating pool for you... (this is my problem as a gay person who doesn't like online dating- I've accepted I'll just be single but most people won't do that, they'll give in).
    - PostOnce 4y ago
      Jokes aside, I don't have a Facebook account, but that causes me to miss out on a few things that have value and are hard to replace: 1] In some cases, public services announce things on facebook and not their official website 2] Community forums and discussion; people who do use facebook generally tell me what's going on in town, but that might not be true for others. Facebook owning and privatizing and locking up behind a login wall the town square is wrong and detrimental to us all. 3] The marketplace for secondhand goods -- garage sales, craigslist stuff, a lot of ebay type stuff, all of it has moved to facebook in many places 4] Not being on facebook does put me in contact with fewer people, perhaps that costs me unknown opportunities Of course, I gain a bunch of things by not using facebook, too.
highwaylights 4y ago
Thanks for the 15 million merits vibes. I think I need a shower and a nice walk outdoors.

Everyone is talking about sex work and all I can think of is Zuck gently pushing on one side of your face to try and force you to focus on an ad for at least 1500ms. Welcome to the Metaverse.

baxtr 4y ago

Attention is the most important currency in this world - at least since Edward Bernays. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays

gumboza 4y ago
As an ADHD sufferer I’m the least valuable person on the planet :)

lynx23 4y ago

This would be scary if Facebook were mandatory. The cattle still has to go to the slaughterhouse, voluntarily....

Mezzie 4y ago
Oh, it won't be 'mandatory'. It'll just require 26 hours of effort in a day to not engage or you'll need to put up with substantial weakness on the job and personal relationship (friendship and romantic) markets.
- lynx23 4y ago
  Luckily, I am old enough to not be bothered by that. Friends who pressure me into using something I dont want to use, are not really friends, and therefore disposable. And dont get me going on the online dating bussiness. I wouldn't want to touch someone who seriously believes looks are the primary factor for choosing a mate. No thanks, I already know some shallow people, no need to find more.
  - Mezzie 4y ago
    Wait until you're in a nursing home and can't go join your friends for Hyper-Bingo(TM) because it's all run through the Meta app due to an agreement between the nursing home and Meta. Bonus points if you chose the home before the partnership but don't have the money or mental capacity to leave. It's never a problem for you until it is. Oh, and best hope that there are enough people offline to be a viable dating pool for you... (this is my problem as a gay person who doesn't like online dating- I've accepted I'll just be single but most people won't do that, they'll give in).
  - PostOnce 4y ago
    Jokes aside, I don't have a Facebook account, but that causes me to miss out on a few things that have value and are hard to replace: 1] In some cases, public services announce things on facebook and not their official website 2] Community forums and discussion; people who do use facebook generally tell me what's going on in town, but that might not be true for others. Facebook owning and privatizing and locking up behind a login wall the town square is wrong and detrimental to us all. 3] The marketplace for secondhand goods -- garage sales, craigslist stuff, a lot of ebay type stuff, all of it has moved to facebook in many places 4] Not being on facebook does put me in contact with fewer people, perhaps that costs me unknown opportunities Of course, I gain a bunch of things by not using facebook, too.

highwaylights 4y ago

Thanks for the 15 million merits vibes. I think I need a shower and a nice walk outdoors.