I would say they are more likely to be paid shills and astroturfing (just like this post seems to be). And anyone naive enough to continue business with Meta after everything we've learned about them deserves what they get.
this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2023
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My first thought was AstroTurf too but honestly Lemmy is still small enough that I wonder if Meta even cares enough for it to pay for astroturfing here. They got more signups in a couple of hours than Lemmy got users in three years, and by several magnitudes even. Plus it's an inherently hostile demographic for them. They're better off investing in positive posting on Reddit, which I'm sure is what they're already doing.
It takes minimal amounts of effort to set up a few bots to sow discord in a new social media network. With the things that we know Meta has done it the past do you honestly believe that dropping a few bots onto Lemmy is beyond them? Why would they let something like Lemmy even get off the ground to become a threat to them, snuffing it out in the cradle would be easier.
It seems like they're trying to feed Lemmy a mortal potion like Pain and Panic tried to Hercules in the Disney movie...
People want the new and shiny and to the regular person, the fediverse doesn't exist and Threads is the only option to Twitter. Its all over my twitter feed and ain't none of them are paid shills.
What about this post seems like "paid shilling and astroturfing" to you?
You handed all your data (including your browsing history) to Meta just to take a look around?
Such people probably have WhatsApp, Instagram and TikTok already. A liitle extra cancer doesn't matter to them.
Says they don't want to do it
Does it anyway, as soon as its released.
It's ok to just say you want something.
Eh, taking a look isn't a problem. Know your enemy. Unless you're just a fool that thinks you can fight blind.
It's not blind though. We've already seen Twitter.
Eh, good point. lol
This isn't a popular opinion on the fediverse right now, but you have nothing to be ashamed of for wanting to try threads out.
I ain't downloading that shit, or participating on any Instance that doesn't defederate them. So thank you for the reporting. If anything amusing pops up, maybe some screenshots?
You’re just going to be making your own echo chamber?
If that is what people desire, then yes. Should people not have the freedom to do that?
Echo chambers are something for individuals to worry and make decisions about. Preventing them is not the job of authority or business.
Everyone gets excited over new things. While I won't say that's all that's been going on, a lot of Lemmy/Kbin has been people hyping over something different.
That's just how people are. And keep in mind for the most part, people who are against the idea weren't going to check it out to begin with, especially with the required privacy release attached.
Now we just need to wait and see if Reddit takes the bait and joins the fediverse too, as an attempt to stop hemorraging users. grabs popcorn
I don't even want to take a look at it. I'm happy without anything from Meta.
best thing to do is for each person to make 10 fake accounts on threads and then spam it with loads of rubbish every hour. just stupid posts on silly things. cram up their whole network with crap. it will die naturally. reddit and 4chan have the best trolls, highly trained, able to post millions per minute. Unleash them!
Oh no, some people are interacting with each other on a platform we don't like! Best try to destroy it.
Or, just ignore it and spend our time working on improving the platform we are on.
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