RAMROD 118,013 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Meta says it faces a trillion-dollar penalty and damage to its advertising model. But the trial could go well beyond one company. It could make social media unrecognizable. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/21/meta-social-media-lawsuit-trial-instagram-facebook.html (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ⁱᵐ'ᵐᵃ ʰⁱᵗ ᵈᵉᶠʳᵒˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ʸᵃ, ˡᵉᵗ'ˢ ᵍᵉᵗ ⁱᵗ ᵇˡᵃᶻⁱⁿᵍ﹗ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ 3 25 4 2 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 31,515 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 You know what, as much as I'm myself addicted to these platforms, please go ahead. All this **** is unhealthy and rotting brains. 18 1 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagacabana 8,455 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 11 minutes ago, RAMROD said: it will significantly reduce usage over the long term as young users fail to be introduced to the platforms I don't believe in the glorification of murder, I do believe in the empowerment of women 8 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUTELLA 30,201 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Hoping for the best At the risk of sounding like An Old... I feel simultaneously scared of & sympathetic for people who were born after social media became ubiquitous (even moreso now with AI) They were born with all these powerful tools at their disposal & a lot of them are/will probably become evil sociopaths 6 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
onTheBrink 1,692 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 10 minutes ago, NUTELLA said: Hoping for the best At the risk of sounding like An Old... I feel simultaneously scared of & sympathetic for people who were born after social media became ubiquitous (even moreso now with AI) They were born with all these powerful tools at their disposal & a lot of them are/will probably become evil sociopaths It's very interesting to think about what the difference is between people with a reference to a world without social media, and people with no reference like that. I don't wanna sound old either but sometimes when come across something Gen Alpha is doing online I literally have no clue what is happening you missed a bit 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUTELLA 30,201 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 4 minutes ago, onTheBrink said: It's very interesting to think about what the difference is between people with a reference to a world without social media, and people with no reference like that. I don't wanna sound old either but sometimes when come across something Gen Alpha is doing online I literally have no clue what is happening No clue & it's often frightening 😬 We were all inclined to do stupid stuff when we were in our formative years..... but when your formative years are largely influenced by other young people being rewarded for/paid to do stupid/cruel/harmful things online in front of a slack-jawed, screen-addicted audience (& in theory YOU can easily join in & amass an audience of your own)............. the future is skibidi cooked fr fr, no cap... we're all going to be outmogged & that's facts Did I use any of that right? 👴🏼 5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
onTheBrink 1,692 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 1 minute ago, NUTELLA said: outmogged I can't with this word It's made them so insecure as a generation omg you missed a bit 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagzus 24,882 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 (edited) As a person who has been on social media since before any of this was invented and remembers MySpace, Bebo and MSN and then early Twitter/Tumblr honestly good. Kill algorithms all together I say, they ruin everything. If you’re on Twitter or Facebook you should be able to ONLY see content from the people you follow/befriend and what they share. Suggested posts and infinite scroll is the worst two features on social media. I remember back in the day your Twitter timeline would be only users you follow, and what they retweet. That was how you discovered new users. No suggested content whatsoever. AND you could only scroll so far before the page cut off and you had to refresh. Heck even back then Twitter had no proper video function until like 2011. Edited August 21 by gagzus 7 1 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWineMonster 35 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Nuke it all! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALonelyNight 756 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 This is why I prefer the old fashioned forum space. Yes you can get into arguments, but there's room to actually elaborate on them and resolve them with moderation, if needed. There's no endless scrolling, as it takes time to make an informative and interesting post that might gain traction, as opposed to just taking a thirst trap selfie and editing it to make yourself even thinner. I don't care if that makes me old 3 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 99,534 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Haha as if If you see me posting like crazy, I'm either bored or procrastinating. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roughhouse Dandy 13,877 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 (edited) I can't be optimistic about the outcome of this trial, but that'd be lovely actually. Edited August 21 by Roughhouse Dandy This is my Hannah Montana™️ lipgloss. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl 3,584 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Kids will frame this as a government control method or something to stop free speech because they can't live without the algorithm I pray this all comes true Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nATAH 57,932 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 i miss when social media was a hang out spot and not a prison of ads mother, what must i do? 7 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamite 67,564 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 (edited) Social media is a cesspool All people do is mindlessly watch shorts and reels... And usually without headphones in public places. Mind numbingly **** dumpster fire turd Edited August 21 by dynamite Like a poem said by a neydy in red 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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