CEO of Meta, which recently joined the newly founded #SocialWebFoundation, suggests that there is "no causal connection" between social media and teen mental health.
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@jbz He might not be directly involved very much, if at all, but having his company listed under "partners" on https://socialwebfoundation.org definitely does not inspire confidence.
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
CEO of Meta, which recently joined the newly founded #SocialWebFoundation, thinks that "individual creators or publishers tend to overestimate the value of their specific content".
Mark Zuckerberg: creators and publishers ‘overestimate the value’ of their work for training AI
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company could strike partnerships for “valuable” content to train AI tools, but that it could walk away from paying others.
The Verge (www.theverge.com)
#news #TechNews #SocialMedia #meta #facebook #threads #zuckerberg #AI
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
Meta, which recently joined the newly founded #SocialWebFoundation, "cut 21,000 jobs, including in trust and safety and customer service, over multiple rounds of layoffs", leading state and local officials "puzzled by what to expect from Facebook" around voting misinformation.
Meta's misinformation problem has local election officials struggling to get out the truth
Derek Bowens has never had such an important job.
NBC News (www.nbcnews.com)
#news #TechNews #SocialMedia #meta #facebook
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wendinoakland for Kamalareplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
@stefan isn’t the #SocialWebFoundation looking to snuggle up real close to the #fediverse?
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to wendinoakland for Kamala last edited by
@wendinoakland Social Web *is* the fediverse, you know?
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Evan Prodromoureplied to wendinoakland for Kamala last edited by
@wendinoakland @stefan hey, Wendy. Actually, we are a big part of the Fediverse. You know me, of course, but you also know a lot of the open source projects, non-profits, and companies listed as supporters on https://socialwebfoundation.org/. Not everyone on the Fediverse is there, but I think everyone on the Fediverse can benefit from what we do.
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@evan the original reference to Meta appears to have been deleted.
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wendinoakland for Kamalareplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@evan @stefan Yes, I do, and I’m honestly concerned. I fear that meta, with its extremely lenient moderation, tolerant of thinly veiled racism, sexism, otherism of the most profound kind, and tuned to magnifying algorithms, will potentially harm some of the people most precious to me in this noncommercial fediverse. Please try to understand my reservations…
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to wendinoakland for Kamala last edited by
@wendinoakland @evan "honestly concerned"
We shouldn't be.
When Threads was announced and people started to panic about Meta taking over, I wasn't too concerned. I thought, they're scared, they see the future, and they're not in it, so they must act.
I did start to get concerned after this new effort was announced and Meta was listed as a partner. It's one thing to have Meta start using technology that's free for everyone. It's a whole other story when they attempt to influence it.
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
But really, we don't know yet what this new group will be able to do and achieve. ActivityPub is still overseen by W3C, as far as I know.
And when they can infiltrate that?
Well, the fediverse is vast. There'll always be servers and platforms free from the influence of corporate social media companies. We'll keep moving to stay ahead of it.
We'll be fine.
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris @evan From https://socialwebfoundation.org? I still see it there.
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by [email protected]
@stefan @wendinoakland so, I think this is really important. I think everyone on the Fediverse should have the choice between connecting to their friends, family, colleagues and neighbours on commercial social networks from the platform they prefer, or staying isolated from those commercial providers and the people who use them. That autonomy is fundamental; nobody can force you to connect with anyone you don't want to.
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@stefan @wendinoakland I also disagree that Meta can be a part of this network without influencing it. I don't think that's how social systems work. But I hope that we can take good things from Meta and leave the bad things.
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@stefan @wendinoakland one example is reply control. Users on Threads can say who can reply to their posts; users on Mastodon can't. There have been some proposals in this area over the years, and they haven't stuck yet. I think this is a great feature for user safety, if it can be balanced with freedom of expression (I like UIs that emphasize approved replies, but still allow access to other replies).
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@stefan @wendinoakland In terms of people with high vulnerability, I absolutely recommend using the defederation feature and blocking early. It's better to play it safe. fedipact.online is a good resource for finding servers that block Threads.
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wendinoakland for Kamalareplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@stefan @wendinoakland I also think that lowering the social cost of moving to a Free Software service is key to increasing usage. If you move to a Mastodon server and you have zero connections to your existing friends and family, you are probably going to churn out. Starting a whole new set of social connections from zero is a skill that only a minority of humans have.
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Evan Prodromoureplied to wendinoakland for Kamala last edited by
@wendinoakland @stefan are you sure? I don't think Threads has features to do that yet.
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@stefan @wendinoakland I want people who have Franklin Street Statement servers to be able to keep them for the long term.