They've been clear that they don't want news, they don't want social discussion, they don't want politics; they want pure, unadulterated consumerism and nothing else. It's probably the purest expression of "Stop Talking to Each Other and Start Buying Things" that we've ever seen in social media.
this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
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Man, I’d never read “Stop talking to each other and start buying things” before, that’s a hell of an article.
the company will add search functionality for terms only "once we are confident in the quality of the results."
So is meta now taking responsibility for all search results?
Always have been
(OP: Sorry, paywall, can't find another source yet. Someone got an archive?)
Quick tip: disabling JavaScript will get you past the paywall. Ublock Origin can disable JavaScript on a temp/permanent bases for specific websites, and I always set news websites to JavaScript off or else they're a real pain to read.
Good. Folks trying to get info about serious topics from Threads ... shouldn't. Nor from X, nor Facebook, nor Kbin, nor Mastodon. Or tiktok or any other social media platform.
There's a lot of dis/misinformation on them, but those sites are also useful tools for organizing around issues and getting the correct information in front of people who otherwise would never see it and unfortunately there aren't great alternatives available.
A medium is as good as the content within. I wouldn't throw everything out to try and sanitize the internet. Better to show why some data is worse than others, and how to validate that data. Start with not trusting the first thing you find, and dig deeper. That requires some time and effort, unfortunately, but there's no easy answer to filtering facts and fiction.
Well, in theory social media platforms could be good. The idea is solid - you follow trustworthy people, they post valuable information, you see it.
I think for example journa.host is an interesting experiment in making social media actually valuable - everyone there is a confirmed journalist of some sort.
Of course, it can never be perfect. But it allows for greater variety of content: I often find myself reading just two or three newspapers regularly, and in the end social media posts are useful supplement that gives me stories I might not otherwise see elsewhere. That said, I have a pretty strictly curated Mastodon feed.
I'm surprised people are criticizing this. Facebook was the cause of a lot of deaths the first time around. This seems like an attempt to prevent the spread of misinformation
::taps forehead:: Can't be spreading misinformation if you don't allow people to search for any information.
Trump's solution to rising case counts in 2020: Stop counting. Problem solved. /smh
This community loses all critical thinking skills as soon as the title mentions Meta or Google lol
Other public health workers criticized the company’s decision and said its timing was especially poor, given the current coronavirus uptick.
shouldn't public health workers prefer that general public uses some real news source instead of morons on fucking social network?
i am not even sure sure what the purpose of the article is. are they complaining about "censorship", or is the article happy that it prevents spreading of misinformation?
The purpose of the article is reporting on something. It's just facts, not an opinion piece
When vaccines for COVID rolled out in Ontario, the Conservatives did such a piss poor job of managing the whole thing that basically no one could figure out where to find them or when they were available. Vaccination rates remained some of the lowest in Canada while thousands of vials sat around expiring.
During this epic shit show, the only reliable and useful source of information on where and how you could get vaccinated was a single Twitter account.