Let’s go Pop!_OS! We’re #2! We’re #2!

Is there anything individual users can do?

Oh good, the corporate propaganda worked.

Big friend!

We already have that abundance. It’s just waiting to be liberated.

Nope.

It defaults to opt-out ONLY if you have already told it to prevent other forms of scraping, such as search engines. Otherwise you are opted in by default.

“Lying.”

Nick Valentine

If you’re cold, they’re cold. Bring them inside.

I’m really high, and I just need you to know you posted good.

Patreon: We already sell every minuscule scrap of data we can glean from our users, so preventing us from selling info about the videos they watch, like, violates our free speech, man.

Nah it’s cool.

Reminds me of I Dream of Jeannie. 🧞‍♀️

https://web.archive.org/web/20240113233851/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/01/substack-exodus-social-media-moderation/677113/

https://web.archive.org/web/20240113233851/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/01/substack-exodus-social-media-moderation/677113/

In case you run into a paywall.

So it’s pronounced “kwoob,” right?

Thanks for posting the archived version. I ran across this story recently and hit a paywall right after the article mentioned the problem with paywalls.

Serious uncanny valley vibes