This thread from Mark Zuckerberg could’ve been written by Elon Musk. The last thing we need is X and Threads adopting the same perspective on moderation. I’ve read it through a few times and I feel worse about it each time.

@manton As a Texan, I had to lol at the idea that Texans aren’t biased or censor-happy but Californians are.

@manton Depressing. So happy that places like micro.blog and the wider distributed social web exist and would appear to be thriving.

@manton Musk and Zuckerberg moved to the Bay Area California to avail themselves of the cultural foundation that enabled world changing tech. But don’t like that you are also supposed to put a flower in your hair there, and maybe pay it forward for all the innovations you reaped from the fertile soil.

@manton As Nilay Patel said, the actual product they provide with an algorithm is their moderation, and they’re going with a “hands off the wheel approach”. Fuck that, and fuck him.

@manton It’s staggering. I thought it was satire the first time I read it.

@manton I’m more and more convinced everyday, that these tech bros are not even humans anymore, replaced by the same AI bot with slightly different online personalities and avatar.

@manton anything that includes the phrase ‘inspired by X’ should illicit an automatic red flag/groans of despair

@manton Reading that, I really thought it had to be someone doing a bit. But that is his account, isn't it?

@z428 that is one of the many reasons why I never and nevel will sign up for Threads. They can fuck themselves with that!

@manton my eyes rolled so hard they’re looking out the back of my skull now

@manton Have historically given Meta a wide berth. Their attempt to claim the moral high ground seems bizarre.

@pratik Is Abbot offering any tax incentives? Maybe I can get something since most of my “content moderation team” is already in Texas. 🤪

@manton As a Swede and thereby also European by automatic extension, I cannot believe my eyes and ears when I hear news like this. It only reaffirms my suspicion that Meta services were never my thing. To be honest, I almost signed up for an account at Facebook back in 2008 but I postponed my decision. Never been happier about that decision.

@pratik I’m sure you know I would rather burn my company to the ground and move all the servers to Europe before I will give a penny to the inauguration fund. 🤠

@z428 I’m in the same boat. But I’ve turned off all notifications save for comments, and followed everyone I can here. I never go to the app except to the reply to a comment.

@manton @manton You could move bunch of servers here no matter what, we have some great places for that here in Finland (and in our lovely neighbouring countries, Sweden and Norway, too!) 😁💪

@manton As you should. It’s bad.

@manton.org As you should. It’s bad.