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I virtue signaled 7 years ago when the whole Cambridge Analytica scandal broke, realizing that Facebook is a seedy company that can't be trusted.
Same, also, Zuckerberg has always been a sketch ball who does anti-social and user hostile things with his app, so it was just years of being fed up with that. 2017 was just the straw that broke the camel’s back.
I think it would also be fair to say that anyone who doesn't is also virtue signaling.
Zuck is a fucking piece a shit. But the headline and article misrepresents what he was saying. His actual quote was "Some people may leave our platforms for virtue signaling" and appears to be directed towards users, not Meta employees.
Nah man, clearly you missed the memo that we now just take every statement out of it's obvious context and straw man the shit out of everything.
It hurts every real argument against these people when people make stupid arguments like this.
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"Signaled" my "virtue" in 2016. Fuck you, zuck.
he means 'is showing virtue'. And he's right.
Lol
Your hubris is showing, Fuckerberg.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who calls him that. Same think.
The title alone shows admittance that leaving Meta signals virtue and good character.
“Some people may leave our platforms for virtue signaling, but I think the vast majority and many new users will find that these changes make the products better”
So he's stripping away protections for marginalised groups to appeal to the "vast majority" who, by definition, don't need these protections and are in no way negatively impacted by their existence. Got it, and fuck you very much.
It’s kinda crazy how fast he’s unraveling into the right-wing griftersphere. Does Thiel or Putin have something on him?
maybe he just feels comfortable letting the facade drop
Joke's on him. I quit before it was Meta.
Banning gender-neutral bathrooms and spinning to anti-woke isn't virtue signalling...
It’s vice signaling. There’s nothing virtuous about Meta or Zuckerberg. Let’s not forget his first try was a hot or not clone with pictures of women he used without consent.
And that new perm he got definitely isn’t virtuous.
Out of the loop here, so let me get this straight: Did they build gender-neutral bathrooms that are now gendered by placing a sticker on the door? What on earth could be the purpose of that?
gendered by placing a sticker on the door
We have that at my work, but they are still gender-neutral bathrooms when the other one is in use and someone needs to use it. You can’t really ungender-neutral those bathrooms.
isn't this giant sack of shit laying off like 1000 employees?
Oh no, not virtue signaling! There truly is no greater crime! Specifically, it isn't worse to be an overly-built, soulless chia pet if that's what you're thinking. Definitely not.
Wow, I knew Zuckerberg was a jerk and I knew he was right wing. But I didn’t think he was one of those rightwing immature edgelord jerks on the level of 4chan posters
He wasn't. Mark used to be a sweet kid, but he's been radicalised by all the shit he reads on Facebook. It's not too late, Mark, delete your social media profiles, stay away from that poisonous hellhole!
Nah these billionaires don’t align on the modern left wing right wing spectrum, they are all a special kind of hardcore libertarian. The only ideology they have is that they should be able to do whatever they want to earn their next billion. Him appeasing right wingers fits his MO, but doesn’t make him a right winger.
The fact that this clown even felt the need to talk about this shows that a noteworthy number of people are leaving the platform.
It's a slow burn, but legacy social media must die.
What should we call blatant pandering to Trump and his ilk? MAGA signaling?
Why, yes, Im signaling that I have virtues, which is why I am not on your site Zuckerboi.
Kind of like wearing a red MAGA hat.
Ah yes, the feed starting with an ad, followed by a reels module alternating between soft porn and dogs, followed by bots and more ads, maybe interspersed with a couple of posts by people whose names I recognize for good measure, are well worth my time. No need to virtue signal, I'm hooked!
This is exactly the kind of thing a loser would say. Loser CEOs are always whining about people leaving their platform. Winners keep their head down and build something their users actually enjoy using.
Bruh they're taking action. It's virtue actioning. Unless you're trying to tell them they need to do something more dramatic?
Bye Felicia! Meta exodus.
The sad reality is that most people, like an overwhelming majority, won’t leave. Most don’t even have a clue this is happening in the first place, those that do, love their family and friends more than they hate Mark.
And where are they going to go? I heard Cory doctorow liken it to Anatevka (the town in Ukraine from fiddler on the roof) the people were sad they were leaving because they knew it would never be the same again and they might not see each other again. They didn’t like getting beat by Cossacks and it was a shitty place to be but they didn’t want to leave their people.
Dumping a platform that has your friends and family is a hard thing to do especially if it’s the only meaningful way you can connect with them otherwise. Especially if you know some won’t leave and some aren’t going to go to the same place you are.
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Lotta reasons and responses here i plan on using for when i finally make my "fuck you all i quit" post this weekend.
Maybe saying you’re quitting meta is “virtue signalling” but actually quitting is virtuous.
Get fuck't, Zuck. I'm attempting to convince my entire family to go to Friendica.
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Okay, so what's wrong with that, dipshit? The populace fucking hates your stupid policies because it harms, and sticking in solidarity with those it harms is VIRTUE SIGNALING? That's a bad thing?
Go poorly surf and fight MMA you dumb, dickhead. People hate you and you deserve it.
virtue - behavior showing high moral standards.
Wouldn't want to signal that.
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