Meta is talking to celebrities like Oprah and the Dalai Lama about being early users. ‘We’ve been hearing from creators and public figures who are interested in having a platform that is sanely run,’ a top exec told employees.

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    1 year ago

    Looks like Facebook is trying to scoop up the Twitter userbase now that it’s burning down.

    I’m not opposed to a Twitter replacement/rival, but I really wish it wasn’t in the Facebook family.

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      Agreed, this is not the solution I’m looking for. It’s not quite there in terms of user on-boarding, but I’m rooting for Mastodon.

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        Open source and/or federated options should be the ultimate goal for the community needs of the internet. At least we have those options now–albeit in smaller scale than the originals. I don’t think they’ll reach mass adoption, though. Too many people don’t care or have become accustomed to the “free” centralized mega-hub websites to want an alternative. Look at current criticisms of lemmy et al.

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      I wont touch Meta products… so wont use it