Meta to end Fact Checking on Facebook.

[Hey_zeus]

Facebook was washed a decade ago. I haven't logged in in years. Can't imagine how trash it is now with a right wing slant

 

[Gloxina]

The facts are bias now. These next four years about to be insane.

George Carlin would have an amazing amount of material today.

 

[King Poetic]

Facts don’t matter

Sound about America

 

[Gloxina]

Elon’s influence Smdh

 

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Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social)

“We’re seeing this impulse to surrender across American society right now. Where the forces of authoritarianism never give up and never apologize, big chunks of liberal society are bargaining and capitulating without even trying to try to stay independent first.”...

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Bill Kristol

“We’re seeing this impulse to surrender across American society right now. Where the forces of authoritarianism never give up and never apologize, big chunks of liberal society are bargaining and capitulating without even trying to try to stay independent first.”

Mark Zuckerberg Is a Surrender Monkey

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‪Mark and Molly Moo‬ ‪@markh59.bsky.social‬

Not sure I would call it surrendering. These guys seem to want to join up.

They care about their billions, not a liberal society.

3/23
‪TelevisedAnarchy‬ ‪@televisedanarchy.bsky.social‬



4/23
‪mrcase77.bsky.social‬ ‪@mrcase77.bsky.social‬

To be fair, Mark Zuckerberg is part of how we got Trump in 2016. Literally personally part of how that happened.

5/23
‪mrcase77.bsky.social‬ ‪@mrcase77.bsky.social‬

He abuses people’s data back then. All the Cambridge Analytica stuff. Mark was never on our side. At best he goes where the wind blows.

6/23
‪Jo‬ ‪@ogjojo.bsky.social‬

I've been around a long time, now in my 7th decade and I never thought I'd see the wealthiest and most powerful Americans fear, worship and admire the most ignorant, unintelligent cretin this country has ever coughed up. I'll never be able to keep my New Years no swearing resolution.

7/23
‪Reldas‬ ‪@reldas.bsky.social‬

It's not an impulse to surrender he's a fascist. The tech bros are fascists.

8/23
‪Choctaw Ridge‬ ‪@choctawridge1.bsky.social‬

Deep pockets, weak souls.

9/23
‪stevestarr.bsky.social‬ ‪@stevestarr.bsky.social‬

He has his survival bunker and more money then he could spend in 100 lifetimes, but clearly has no principles- that's why he is surrendering.

10/23
‪bossyzana.bsky.social‬ ‪@bossyzana.bsky.social‬

Why? Why the bargaining and capitulation? Where is the courage?

11/23
‪Bill Robison‬ ‪@wrobi.bsky.social‬

I deleted the FB app off my phone years ago and deleted Threads this morning. Still have Instagram.

12/23
‪Judy Lewis‬ ‪@judylewis.bsky.social‬

Joe and Mika, Jeff Bezos, even Dems in the Senate and the House.

13/23
‪bobbanzai.bsky.social‬ ‪@bobbanzai.bsky.social‬

Wait a minute.....Meta is going to stop basically censoring political opinions.....and that's somehow a bad thing?

14/23
‪Ken Grant‬ ‪@kgrant1073.bsky.social‬

Zuckerberg has always been this way - he is an opportunist, always chasing the money, never caring who gets hurt as long as he benefits. That’s the origin story of Facebook itself.

15/23
‪David‬ ‪@dajensen.bsky.social‬

Zuckerberg is not and has never been a part of liberal society. He is a greedy, selfish rich man who cares only about making himself even richer.

16/23
‪Racer X‬ ‪@readingisgood.bsky.social‬

Unbelievably frightening ...

17/23
‪Replay Creative‬ ‪@replaycreates.bsky.social‬

"The dude we hired to run this giant spy network turned out to not be very ethical, and I am shocked, shocked at this news"

18/23
‪jw862000.bsky.social‬ ‪@jw862000.bsky.social‬

Who knew? Meta is a beta.

19/23
‪Replay Creative‬ ‪@replaycreates.bsky.social‬

WELL WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOUR PET ClA GOLDEN BOY WHEN THE GOING GOT ROUGH, KRISTOL? Did you think he was going to be loyal to the people who made him instead of the huge pile of money he and Larry made?

20/23
‪Only if we let them‬ ‪@pho13enix.bsky.social‬

No he’s a self serving money and power whore that could give a fat rats ass less about this country or the world around him - he’s insulated (he thinks) from the repercussions of his actions and the retribution campaign of 45 and his henchmen

21/23
‪El Gato Pepe ‬ ‪@elgatopepe.bsky.social‬

I’m not sure it is a “surrender”.

Those who have quickly “surrendered” are really AGREEING with the authoritive views.

In other words, they are showing their true colors.

22/23
‪Janette‬ ‪@janetteluparia.bsky.social‬

Shameful

23/23
‪rsmee.bsky.social‬ ‪@rsmee.bsky.social‬

Because they’re jonesing for an oligarchy.

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Mark Cuban (@mcuban.bsky.social)

My message to Zuck

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Mark Cuban

My message to Zuck

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‪mike‬ ‪@manatr0n.bsky.social‬

Facebook throwing themselves in the toilet with x.

3/35
‪Torettox84‬ ‪@torettox84.com‬

You can't throw yourself into the thing you are already in.

4/35
‪carlos98021.bsky.social‬ ‪@carlos98021.bsky.social‬

Oio

5/35
‪carlos98021.bsky.social‬ ‪@carlos98021.bsky.social‬

I can't stop laughing
A sarcastic comment from Musk on Kim Jong-un bans hotdogs for North Koreans, cooking them an act of treason

6/35
‪‬ ‪@0x0.boo‬

Well said.

Bluesky, or more importantly, AT Protocol, needs to be everywhere.

Bluesky SSO needs to replace Google, X, and FB SSO.

I see it as the best opportunity in tech for humanity, that has the potential to put power back inti the hands of the people, the way it should have always been.

7/35
‪Jim‬ ‪@jim584.bsky.social‬

People need to drop Facebook. Zuckerberg will do and say anything for the almighty dollar.

8/35
‪dgeleitsmann‬ ‪@deefleemeta.bsky.social‬

Deleting all accounts in January 19

9/35
‪~[[Christopher]]~‬ ‪@coffeeshopsage.bsky.social‬

So you're running for President in 4 years, right?

10/35
‪Elliot Edelstein‬ ‪@elliot66.bsky.social‬

Amazing how billionaires suck up to a convicted felon..shameful

11/35
‪MaMaDonnae‬ ‪@mamadonnae.bsky.social‬

And give him money! Wealth isn’t an indicator of intelligence.

12/35
‪anita72.bsky.social‬ ‪@anita72.bsky.social‬

Do these little tech bros understand that each country has their own laws and they can also impose tariffs? This is what happens when children do not face consequences for their actions.

13/35
‪The CynNik‬ ‪@thecynnik.bsky.social‬

For now. That is why Trump wants Greenland. To hand it over to the Tech Bros to begin creating their own new nation.

14/35
‪Brook Allen‬ ‪@stashdragon.bsky.social‬

It really feels like we are slipping into fascism.

15/35
‪Glenn Danziggy Stardust‬ ‪@reubencopley.bsky.social‬

You’re already there man. It happened years ago.

16/35
‪Wink‬ ‪@kapwen.bsky.social‬

It happened when Kevin McCarthy kissed the ring after January 6th. That's when democracy as we know it ended.

17/35
‪Jon Bakos‬ ‪@jonbakos.bsky.social‬

Honestly when Obama acquiesced to not getting his SCOTUS seat and didn't even bother fighting back, I knew we were done. GOP was *through* with democracy and Dems never took that seriously.

Now it's too late.

18/35
‪Wink‬ ‪@kapwen.bsky.social‬

When the Dems said, "We follow all the rules," and the GOP said, "Good to know," and proceeded to break all of them.

19/35
‪springkid73.bsky.social‬ ‪@springkid73.bsky.social‬

This

20/35
‪Dr. Andrew JP Carroll MD FAAFP‬ ‪@drcarroll.com‬

Hello BlueSky, my new friend
I've come to post on you again
Because X and Threads are full of trolls and creeps
Their owners are sycophant MAGA peeps
And I scroll to see what other smart people think
Dumb people stink
May X and Threads go silent

21/35
‪theis76.bsky.social‬ ‪@theis76.bsky.social‬

If the US social media keep this up, I foresee X and FB getting banned in the EU along with whatever Trumps pigsty is called these days. We kinda have a thing about responsibility to not facilitate lies on purpose.

22/35
‪Dragon Boat Guy‬ ‪@dragonboatguy.bsky.social‬

Not only did Zuckfukk donate a million dollars to the chief insurrectionist, he also just removed fact checking from Facebook. Orange guy can spread his bullshyt without consequence.

23/35
‪Eddie‬ ‪@whalepsychiatrist.bsky.social‬

Not only bent the knee, they went full ass deep throating, sad, but $$ does that, gets rid of all morals in the hopes of making more $$ they'll never be able to spend.

24/35
‪Hope T.‬ ‪@xtrahope1515.bsky.social‬

Hey fukkerberg, I hope your million dollar donations that you gave to Trump'$ fake inauguration will get you "zero" in return! Your useless Facebook, Instagram, Threads, & Snapchat etc will all go down the toilet by your loyal customers. 4 years of your pathetic oath to Trump is telling.

25/35
‪MaMaDonnae‬ ‪@mamadonnae.bsky.social‬

Let us pray.

26/35
‪CrazyNELady‬ ‪@patsgal67.bsky.social‬

Why does Zuck think our Constitution is legal and enforceable in other countries? Another fascist a-hole!

27/35
‪MaMaDonnae‬ ‪@mamadonnae.bsky.social‬

It’s not even enforced in this country.

28/35
‪CompactLaw‬ ‪@compactlaw.bsky.social‬

Think Zuck will be surprised by the EU. Tariffs or not, they will not water down their laws to allow more extreme content and misinformation. But this could be Meta just grandstanding for Trump’s approval. If FB turns into an X situation…one less platform to use.

29/35
‪Catincognito skeeting since 07/3/2023‬ ‪@catincognito.bsky.social‬

Absolutely spot on

30/35
‪K. Moore‬ ‪@mynahleague.bsky.social‬

The amount of money some for the first time, that tech owners are giving Trump directly or indirectly is staggering. It is also reeks of corruption. I hope Karma pays a visit to Elon, Zuck to name a few.

31/35
‪WuzntMe‬ ‪@wuzntme.bsky.social‬

Damn Mark you gonna make him crawl under a rock and hide. Lmao

32/35
‪Bob‬ ‪@bucketshopbob.bsky.social‬

Constitutional protection as long as you say what they authority wants to hear.

33/35
‪Glenn Danziggy Stardust‬ ‪@reubencopley.bsky.social‬

Meta is going to be deplatformed in many countries after this move. At least it should be, but our governments seem unwilling to push back against these tech a$$holes.

34/35
‪MaMaDonnae‬ ‪@mamadonnae.bsky.social‬

My message to Zuck: you!

35/35
‪The Forga's‬ ‪@jennforga.bsky.social‬

I've spent most of my morning deleting Facebook. All post and photos before I deactivate. Suckerburg is sucking today

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[itsyoung!!]

New Data Shows X Is Losing Users in the US and UK

More data on X's gradual decline.

www.socialmediatoday.com

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New Data Shows X Is Losing Users in the US and UK​

Published Sept. 23, 2024

By
Andrew Hutchinson Content and Social Media Manager

Despite Elon Musk’s claims that X is reaching new record highs in usage every other month, and that the app remains a critical connector, the latest data shows that Elon’s X project is losing user interest, sparked, in many cases, by Musk’s own divisive commentary in the app.

According to new insights, X has seen a significant decline in users in both the U.S. and U.K. in recent months, as Musk has continued to double down on his political stances.

Last month, amid reports of race-based riots in the U.K., Musk posted that “civil war is inevitable” in the region, which has seemingly sparked an exodus of U.K. users from the app.

As reported by FT:

“Data from Similarweb shows active daily users in the UK have dropped from 8mn a year ago to only around 5.6mn now, with more than a third of that fall coming since the summer riots. The same thing is happening elsewhere, and not just in places where the platform has been banned, such as Brazil. Over the same 16-month period, X’s active users in the US have fallen by about a fifth.”

That also aligns with X’s own reporting on its EU user base.

As part of its EU reporting obligations, X needs to provide regular updates on its EU user base, and how many active users it’s serving in the region. In its most recent report, covering the first six months of 2024, X reported a 5% decline in EU users.

So X is losing users in its key markets, and it’s still banned in Brazil, where it also has another 20 million users (though that may be lifted this week). So why does Elon keep saying that X is trending up?

Well, a lot of that is selective reporting.

For example, Elon has repeatedly claimed that X has become the number one news app in several regions. But that’s not true, X/Twitter has been the number one news app in virtually every region since 2016, when Twitter changed the app’s classification from “social media” to “news.”

That’s because most actual news apps have far fewer users comparatively. And because X is a social media app, with (at last report) 250 million daily active users, it ranks better than them, but it’s not a news app, and shouldn’t be classified as such. In fact, it can’t be listed as a news app on the Google Play Store because it’s reliant on UGC.

But either way, the claim that X has suddenly risen to become the number one news app, in any region, is blatantly false.

Elon is now relying on “user seconds” as a key metro to measure X’s performance.

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But as we’ve reported previously, most of these claims also don’t stack up, with X reporting higher usage stats in other measures. I suspect that X’s “active seconds” is only measuring this since the change to X, and not all-time for Twitter as well. But essentially, the numbers don’t really mean much when X is changing the parameters of its reporting.

And again, every third party measurement provider has reported that X is seeing a decline in users. It seems very unlikely that X is actually outperforming their analysis, while the company’s revenue is also in decline.

On balance, it’s fairly safe to assume that Elon’s X project is failing, while additions like its Grok AI chatbot haven’t done much to curb the decline. My assumption would be that X will have to confront its longer term viability at some point, and that could be the end of the entire X project.

Though I also suspect that the outcome of the upcoming U.S. election will have something to do with this. If Trump loses, Elon also loses big time, after lumping all of his hopes onto a Trump victory. Trump’s re-election would give Musk a direct, influential link to the White House, and a means to re-angle policies to benefit his companies, particularly SpaceX, which is often hamstrung by government regulation.

That could also benefit X, and Musk other projects, whereas a Harris win would erase all of these potential gains.

If Trump doesn’t win, I suspect Elon will have to go back to the drawing board on some of his initiatives, and X, based on its performance, may end up being shut down or sold off as a result.

Essentially, Elon’s betting on his own popularity to influence the election, which he’s seeking to do directly via X. But if that fails, I don’t think that app holds the same value to him anymore.

Posting stats from September when it was banned in Brazil is insane to try to make a point

The facts when you take democrat dikk out your mouth and can use google properly itll say Twitter has 611 million monthly users now and in 2023 it was at 420 million users

 

[Loose]

Posting stats from September when it was banned in Brazil is insane to try to make a point

The facts when you take democrat dikk out your mouth and can use google properly itll say Twitter has 611 million monthly users now and in 2023 it was at 420 million users

All research suggests twitter MAU is down ( twitter no longer shares apis) yoy idk what you're even arguing. Dudes just be arguing to argue over corporations on here. Wild shyt

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

A grown ass man should be able to check his own facts. And I really don’t give a fukk about another mothafukka being misinformed. All this shyt really comes down to is political shyt and trying to get people to vote a certain way. I’m not voting for none of these crackers so I don’t care

 

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Posting stats from September when it was banned in Brazil is insane to try to make a point

The facts when you take democrat dikk out your mouth and can use google properly itll say Twitter has 611 million monthly users now and in 2023 it was at 420 million users

brazil ain't in the EU tho or the US.

X reported a 5% decline in EU users.

Over the same 16-month period, X’s active users in the US have fallen by about a fifth.”

 

[Voice of Reason]

Somebody should ask him what Trumps ass tastes like
Anyways, Musk makes his money elsewhere, so ruining Twitter didn't hurt him as much? What is Zuckerberg going to do, when people leave Facebook and Instagram, because his knee bending turned them into rightwing cesspools?

People, especially Black people are addicted to instagram they will never leave.

 

[Voice of Reason]

A grown ass man should be able to check his own facts. And I really don’t give a fukk about another mothafukka being misinformed. All this shyt really comes down to is political shyt and trying to get people to vote a certain way. I’m not voting for none of these crackers so I don’t care

You are not very bright. Mass disinformation causes mass hysteria which causes genocides. "Free speech" in America always means anti-Black hate speech.

 

[UnQuantized]

Deleted that shyt in 2018

 

[Voice of Reason]

More people on twitter than ever before = twitter ruined?

No one is leaving instagram cause of this. Then again you just a mentally ill weirdo so what do you know, you live in a echo box

Saw a tranny that resembled hulk hogan, on drugs, literally hulking up and yelling at women and the sky, at BART the other day. Maybe i should of gave it your number to calm it down, since you into those kind of things

bytch mafukka

You dumb clown you believe everything that crackas says.

X users are down

New Data Shows X Is Losing Users in the US and UK

More data on X's gradual decline.

www.socialmediatoday.com

 

[Bleed The Freak]

In 2025 if you can't tell you should not drink bleach to save yourself from a disease then off you go to Bolivia