his post on mastodon is here:
https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/113849098386232034
Dear Mark, I hope this finds you well. I noticed something interesting today - it seems Instagram is blocking links to my little open-source project. You know, the one that lets people share photos without harvesting their personal data or forcing algorithmic feeds on them. I have to admit, I’m flattered. Who would’ve thought a small team of volunteers could build something that would catch your attention? We’re just trying to give people a choice in how they share their memories online. No VCs, no surveillance capitalism, just code and community. Remember when Facebook started? It was about connecting people, not maximizing engagement metrics. Our project might be tiny compared to Instagram, but we’re staying true to that original spirit of social media - giving people control over their online presence without turning them into products. You could’ve ignored us. Instead, by blocking our links, you’ve given us the best endorsement we could ask for. You’ve confirmed what we’ve been saying all along - that big tech is more interested in protecting their walled gardens than fostering genuine innovation. Every time you block a link to our platform, you remind people why we built it in the first place. Your action tells them there are alternatives worth exploring, ones that respect their privacy and agency. So thank you, Mark. You’ve turned our little project into a symbol of resistance against digital monopolies.
Remember when Facebook started? It was about connecting people
I remember that it was about abusing the private information of all the “dumb fucks” who created an account.
The letter is good though, but zucky will still be a billionaire whether he will read it or not.
Yeah also facebook started as an evolution of men rating women on his campus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Facebook#Facemash It should be no surprise that zuck has recently started proclaiming that he wants a more masculine corporate identity, it’s been that way from the beginning
“The Kirkland Facebook (referring to the Kirkland House intranet) is open on my computer desktop, and some of these people have pretty horrendous Facebook pictures. I almost want to put some of these faces next to pictures of farm animals and have people vote on which is more attractive.” - Zuck, 2003
It was first provided to college/edu addresses. It wasn’t what it is today at all.
I deleted my account when that came out, so I’ve been Facebook free since something like 2006.
I didn’t even join until then. I thought that info came out way later?
Maybe it was 2008 instead of 06? Seemed like it came out very early, I’d only had an account for a year or so I think, shortly after it was opened up outside EDU domains.
Facebook was about, “connecting people” though. It was the first stage in its growth. It was also before monetization and was actively losing money.
It was about growing the user base so more data could be harvested, not about the connections being made.
The dream: releasing a scathingly cordial open letter to an oligarch that has a real chance of ruining their day.
It would probably work on Musk. I’ll bet you his ego is that fragile.
Nah, musks to much of a manly man to be bothered by it.
Adrian Dittman might lose his goddamn mind, however.
You should look up a picture of that dweeb sometime, or listen to any of the bitchly things he says. It’ll cure you of that notion in about a third of a second.
Adrian Dittman is Musk’s alt account on Twitter.
Reread his comment. It was pretty clever.
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Doubt. He took away a basement dwellers check mark because the basement dweller said he’s bad at video games
Cut the explanation back out, let the idiots seethe.
you right. done.
You might want to do a bit more research, as it seems settled that Adrian Dittman is an actual real person and not Muskrat’s sockpuppet. Maybe be less of a dick about it too.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/05/bad-news-for-adrian-dittman-elon-musk-truthers/
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/adrian-dittmann-elon-musk-1235224131/
Never heard of them until this Streisand created issue.
“Oh hi Mark…”
Any project with a countdown timer, “days till Zuckerberg blocks us” is one I can get behind.
Good-ol Streisand affect
Is this actually getting traction outside of the fediverse? If not, I don’t think it achieved Streisand effect.
Will @zuck@threads.net ever read this though? Does he even use that account?
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It started so he could creep on girls on their campus. Nerds had hard time to socialize, so they made a digital social network to help them with the cause. Dunno if it did. But his early interviews are creepy af, lol
This is what we call a home run.
That is one kick ass last name!
We got
Ault
Nault
Renault
And Supernault!
Now I understand why I didn’t care closing my Facebook account years ago: it was for cross posting this sort of information.
Even if my Facebook feed is a sad desert, I hope I can be censored by the guy who rejects fact checkers
Cringy, inaccurate, and reeks of arrogance. 200k users. I bet it got blocked because some bot started spamming the platform.
At the end of the day, the critical mass of users will be based on 2 things. Ease of use or engagement and content. Content creators won’t go to platforms that don’t bring in money or get yelled at for trying to make money.
Zuck sucks but this open letter is embarrassing. Dial back the smarm and self-righteousness a couple notches. I get it’s marketing and not really an open letter but still, cringe
