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It's funny to see people leaving #X to join #bluesky or #threads. They're all billionaire driven spyware, manipulative, toxic spaces.
I mentioned them yesterday during my keynote speech "Quo vadis, Free Software (quo vadis, society" at #FOSSCOMM2024 in Greece.
#Freedom #privacy
One slide titled "Corporate antisocial networks - Just dump them" and the following text: * Manipulative and toxic * You are their product * Pre-installed in most phones * Negative impact on mental health and wellbeing * Designed to be addictive: * Act on the reward pathway (dopamine) * Social pressure makes it hard to quit Average teen spends 5 hour / day on social media (source: APA) There are two cartoons depicting someone injecting different syringes of popular social networks. The other one shows a your girl overwhelmed by negative messages and bullying from social networks The footer shows slide number 21 "FOSSCOMM 2024 UoM Greece - Luis Falcón"
#freedom #privacy #bluesky #threads #x #fosscomm2024
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