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Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have 'Mental Illness'
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- ncr100 2y agoMeta appears to have given up this fight to make the internet a better place by abdicating innovating in conversation moderation. Sad that Meta is resorting to shifting the onus, and cost onto the user for maintaining Meta's FB content value. Sad that the smart, creative pals who work there haven't been tasked / brought helpful ideas to fruition on this issue. Meaningfully, thumbs down.
- karmakurtisaani 2y agoI imagine it's either this direction or getting broken to pieces by the next administration.
- mudrumm 2y ago[dead]
- newyankee 2y agoI realise how good I did myself by abandoning most social media a decade back. I just do not feel a median brain can handle so much information, be expected to have informed takes on every topic under the Sun etc. Ultimately the arbiters of legal/illegal and good/bad will change and continue to evolve with time but worrying about every instance or post beyond my control will not help me in any way nor the cause under concern.
- fullshark 2y agoThis website is arguably social media. I think the lesson the last decade taught me is social media where you have a profile (attached to your real name or not) where you get to talk to the entire planet or everyone you've ever met in your life is something I have no interest in. That wouldn't be true if I had a public image to maintain, or a business to run, but if that's the case it's purely a PR play (aka brand advertising and largely insincere). The experiment where you get to be yourself online for everyone in the world to enjoy is a failure to all except the hustlers and bullshitters looking for attention, and extremely naive.
- returnInfinity 2y agoA lot of people made millions by being on the otherside on social media. Creators and Doom Scrollers. Be the creator.
- sebazzz 2y agoAlong all the creators there are only a few making a good buck with the rest scrambling for a few dollars.
- blitzar 2y agoAt last we can all go on Facebook and say what we have all been thinking ... people who say "Gay and Trans People Have 'Mental Illness'" have a 'Mental Illness'
- TacticalCoder 2y ago[flagged]
- rsynnott 2y agoActually, no; see https://bsky.app/profile/esqueer.net/post/3lf72fz3fas22 https://bsky.app/profile/esqueer.net/post/3lf72fz3fas22 The wording is fairly specific; one can only be ableist in the context of simultaneously being homophobic/transphobic. Real great social media website they've got, there.
- throw310822 2y ago> The current version of the policy maintains prohibitions on ... insinuations about Jewish people controlling the media. Excellent choice, Mr. Zuckerberg.
- Bancakes 2y agoWhat an oddly super specific thing to ban.
- blitzar 2y agoThe people that control the media felt it was appropriate.
- karmakurtisaani 2y agoI can only imagine it's because Murdoch wants some credit too.
- blitzar 2y agoOr didn't want you to notice how much he owned.
- drewbug01 2y agoThe broader policy shift this announcement is part of reads as trying to curry favor with the incoming administration, and it’s really kinda disgusting to watch unfold.
- throw16180339 2y agohttps://archive.ph/BAWx7 https://archive.ph/BAWx7
- TZubiri 2y agoI have a position in both the underlying debate, and to some extent in the debate on what the role of social media platforms is in these debates themselves. But I don't think my position matters, I don't think a change in policy is enough to warrant retriggering this debate, I don't think monitoring this is healthy, and I'll pass on engaging, thanks. Have a nice day.
- karmakurtisaani 2y agoI assume your position is rather negative towards these developments, which I would understand and agree with. However, this attitude of yours seems to reflect the general mood of 2025: fatigue over everyone important folding to Trump and wanting to please him, us bystanders feeling numb and helpless. Too tired to protest, too burned out for another pointless internet feud. Just watching the new conservative reality unfold.
- TZubiri 2y agoYour assumption would not be correct. Now here's my assumption, you are from CA.
- karmakurtisaani 2y agoAlso a wrong assumption. I'm surprised that my assumption was incorrect, I would have expected you to be empowered by the recent events to speak up. Wrong forum perhaps.
- ChrisArchitect 2y ago[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42621627 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42621627