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    22 days ago

    isn’t virtue signaling doing something good but just for shows? so he is implying that quitting fb is a good thing to do

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      21 days ago

      What I love most about the phrase “virtue signaling” is that when people accuse you of it they are themselves virtue signaling.

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        I want to agree, but terms like “vice” and “virtue” are subjective. To label what Cuckerberg and his ilk are doing as “virtue” signaling lends credibility to their idea that their vice is virtue. Similar to how the GOP calls themselves the party of “law and order”.

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          I don’t think of it in terms of the action being virtuous, but that they are signaling what they think is virtuous.

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      21 days ago

      I like the term vice signaling, which is what they do all the time. at least I get virtue signaling. but these people are like “hey look how terrible I am” and it’s just baffling.

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    It’s weird to realize I would wait in line for like 45 minutes up piss on Zuckerberg’s grave, should the legal opportunity ever arise.

    Just a thought for his next of kin to consider, in due time…

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    I’m not “virtue signaling” I’m tired. I’m tired of the ads.

    I’m tired of the algorithm intentionally fueling flame wars.

    I’m tired of INESCAPABLE “meme pages,” run by spam bots, that just recycle the same tired shit over and over and over again.

    I’m tired of the THREE different video systems that are inexplicably not interoperable. Reels, Facebook Live, and video Instagram posts all showing up in my timeline but all are part of separate systems. Meanwhile, if I share a link to a YouTube video, it gets suppressed by the almighty algorithm. Because how dare I show my followers/friends something they’d might like to see if it takes their eyeballs away from Facebook.

    Finally, I’m tired of companies selling people like me down the river to score political points with chuds.

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      21 days ago

      I literally cannot stop getting “support our troops” or other “MAGA” style shit right now. Also random Zionist pages. I’ve never “liked” any of them, I’ve hit “hide posts like this” a million times, nothing fixes it. And if you actually tried to contradict people on those posts, I mean, the ones that get sent to you have 10,000 comments, you’re just shouting into the void.

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    Fuck you Zuck. Leaving Facebook has been great for me, it’s not virtue signaling, it’s a quality of life improvement.

    Ass.

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      21 days ago

      “It seems free speech is back on the menu.” - paraphrased, but that’s basically what he said. The Democrats were keeping free speech down!

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    21 days ago

    Looks like he is starting to follow Elon down into the rabbit hole off asshattery.

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      Yeah, Zuckerberg is a leading alt-right figure since, like, what is it, January 15th now, so I think that was January 11th.

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    21 days ago

    If quitting your site can be taken as virtue signaling against misinformation and bigotry, your site may have some systemic issues.