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Aral Balkan<p>Remember folks, you must give Meta/Facebook/Threads every benefit of the doubt.</p><p>Invite them to partner with you at the Social Web Foundation (<a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">socialwebfoundation.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) as you courageously fight to <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a>¹</p><p>Federate with them on mastodon.social. Because why not build an adjoining door to a Nazi bar?</p><p>You must do all this and more to ensure you legitimise them at every turn. After all, you wouldn’t want to prove Mark Zuckerberg wrong about you or anything, would you?²</p><p>¹ <a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/01/13/free-our-feeds-and-algorithmic-pluralism/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">socialwebfoundation.org/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">1/13/free-our-feeds-and-algorithmic-pluralism/</span></a></p><p>² <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/the-face-of-facebook" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09</span><span class="invisible">/20/the-face-of-facebook</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/MarkZuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MarkZuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>peopleFarming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/dumbFucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dumbFucks</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>Folks: Mark Zuckerberg was just an idealistic kid who wanted to make the world a better place at the beginning.</p><p>Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg at the beginning…</p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/the-face-of-facebook?currentPage=all" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09</span><span class="invisible">/20/the-face-of-facebook?currentPage=all</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/MarkZuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MarkZuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/dumbFucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dumbFucks</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pol.social/@frankboon" class="u-url mention">@<span>frankboon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://circumstances.run/@agturcz" class="u-url mention">@<span>agturcz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.internet-czas-dzialac.pl/@icd" class="u-url mention">@<span>icd</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.internet-czas-dzialac.pl/@arek" class="u-url mention">@<span>arek</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@rysiek" class="u-url mention">@<span>rysiek</span></a></span> I meant for Meta (the list in the original toot) :) I’m not sure what more I can add to it. They’ve been horrible ever since their inception so there likely is more. Actually, come to think of it, there’s this, from the very beginning:</p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/the-face-of-facebook" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09</span><span class="invisible">/20/the-face-of-facebook</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/META" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>META</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/MarkZuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MarkZuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/DumbFucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DumbFucks</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>Mark Zuckerberg: “they trust me … dumb fucks”*</p><p>Some folks on the fediverse:</p><p>* <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/17/facebook-people-first-ever-mark-zuckerberg-harvard" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/201</span><span class="invisible">8/apr/17/facebook-people-first-ever-mark-zuckerberg-harvard</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>threads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/dumbFucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dumbFucks</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>He’s making a list,<br />He’s checking it twice,<br />He’s going to decide,<br />Who’s naughty or nice…<br />Zuckerberg is coming to town.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>threads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>moderation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/embraceExtendExtinguish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>embraceExtendExtinguish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/dumbFucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dumbFucks</span></a></p>
Whitey<a class="hashtag" href="https://peeledoffmy.skin/tag/threads" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Threads</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://peeledoffmy.skin/tag/dumbfucks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DumbFucks</a>
Aral Balkan<p>“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” – Maya Angelou</p><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/the-face-of-facebook" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09</span><span class="invisible">/20/the-face-of-facebook</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/dumbFucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dumbFucks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/MarkZuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MarkZuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>instagram</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/p92" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>p92</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/PeopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PeopleFarming</span></a></p>