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#Reddit #tiktok #x #disinformation #FacebookFediverse #bereal #Twitter #socialmediause #socialmedia #twitter #mastodon #threads #facebook #pinterest #instagram #Facebook #meta #algorithms #newsmast

💥𝕩🔥 The whole Musk's 'a civil war is inevitable', backing Trump and his hate-speech against his courageous daughter, is a good opportunity to repost this.

*DON'T FEED THE BEAST!*

The FASCIST BEAST called ELON MUSK!

Join Mastodon or any other of those great projects in the fediverse!

https://fediverse.info

No, don't feed the FASCISM LITE of ZUCKERBERG as well! Just let all the corporate social media implode (or explode, I don't care)! 💥 (and the fascists with it)

Tell people there is a new world beyond corporate social media! CROSS THE BRIDGE! 🌉

#ElonMusk #Musk #X #Twitter #Instagram #Facebook #Meta #Threads #TikTok #MarkZuckerberg #Zuckerberg #fascism #Trump

Apply Now for the @internetsociety 2026 Pulse Research Fellowship and Mentorship https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/apply-now-for-the-2026-pulse-research-fellowship-and-mentorship

#Reddit #tiktok #x #disinformation #FacebookFediverse #bereal #Twitter #socialmediause #socialmedia #twitter #mastodon #threads #facebook #pinterest #instagram #Facebook #meta #algorithms #newsmast

On the Threads numbers, your theory that they're counting people on Instagram and get shown a Threads post is certainly plausible.

Details aside though the most likely explanation seems to me that Meta is lying (as they have about numnbers in the past -- remember the "pivot to video" lolsob).

@fediversereport

#meta #FediPact #threads

Trying out the @newsmast client! Adds another layer to picking a server and making an account, as an additional tailoring of the ways I consume, interact with and create content.

#Reddit #tiktok #x #disinformation #FacebookFediverse #bereal #Twitter #socialmediause #socialmedia #twitter #mastodon #threads #facebook #pinterest #instagram #Facebook #meta #algorithms #newsmast

Learning About #Propaganda and #Disinformation Is More Critical Than Ever! Did you know... On #Facebook, #Instagram and #Threads this year #Meta removed fact-checkers, dramatically reducing content moderation, and promising to recommend more political content https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/07/meta-facebook-instagram-threads-mark-zuckerberg-remove-fact-checkers-recommend-political-content

Trying out the @newsmast client! Adds another layer to picking a server and making an account, as an additional tailoring of the ways I consume, interact with and create content.

#Reddit #tiktok #x #disinformation #FacebookFediverse #bereal #Twitter #socialmediause #socialmedia #twitter #mastodon #threads #facebook #pinterest #instagram #Facebook #meta #algorithms #newsmast

The PewResearch 2025 poll on Social Media use of adults in the US is out - and #Mastodon doesn't exist? 🤯

#PewResearch #Poll #Statistics #SocialMedia #Social #Tiktok #WhatsApp #Instagram #Bluesky #Threads #Facebook #Youtube #X #Twitter #Reddit #Snapchat #Graph #graphic #PewResearch #TruthSocial #news #Us #USA #Unitedstates #america #americans #results

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Sarahp/115594535527242527

This is interesting to compare to the really high monthly active user numbers that Meta have been publishing for Threads.

My hypothesis is that when people are asked about *ever* using some platform they might be inclined to say yes if they've used it at some point in the past few years and haven't sworn it off completely even if their use has significantly lapsed.

That would help explain why use of #Threads seems low both in relation to #Bluesky and #X which both have been declining.

Learning About #Propaganda and #Disinformation Is More Critical Than Ever! Did you know... On #Facebook, #Instagram and #Threads this year #Meta removed fact-checkers, dramatically reducing content moderation, and promising to recommend more political content https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/07/meta-facebook-instagram-threads-mark-zuckerberg-remove-fact-checkers-recommend-political-content

@pallenberg ja, versteh ick - Accounts von persönlichem Interesse sind leider zu klein /cc @sibylle.bsky.social #threads

@pallenberg

Ich folge auch einigen Konten auf #Threads via #Mastodon

Ich kann mich noch gut an den Aufschrei erinnern, als #Meta mit der News um die Ecke kam, dass #Threads nun auch ans #Fediverse andockt.

Frage in die Runde: Folgt ihr Accounts von dort?

Ich bin ehrlich gesagt verdammt happy, dass ich grossen Threads Konten via meiner #Mastodon App folgen kann und so nicht auf dieser Zuckerberg-Schleuder aktiv sein muss

Abbiamo già forkato Mastodon [3] e siamo sempre pront* a nuove sperimentazioni.
Crediamo nel fediverso. Invitiamo tuttə a bloccare Threads [4].
Questa è il miglior messaggio che possiamo dare a chi vuole distruggere quello che stiamo costruendo assieme

#fedipact #meta #threads

[0] https://mastodon.bida.im/about/more
[1] https://mastodon.help/#Critique
[2] https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-1964-abfd-552f-aef477916660
[3] https://git.lattuga.net/bida/bastodon
[4] https://fedipact.online/ cc: @FediPact

@briankrebs

Thanks for sharing this (truly, thank you).

Folks..... THIS. Right here.

This is why I know so much about scams — from my time working at Meta.

Interestingly enough, when I first told people I worked for Meta and exposed all the horrible things we were doing, that fact was celebrated on the Fediverse. It was often even trending there.

But when I started talking about the scams I knew about — including the ones coming onto the Fediverse to warn people — suddenly, working for Meta was seen as a character flaw.

#Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Threads #WhatsApp #Scam #Fraud

Everyone, meet the "partner" working with SWICG and Social Web Foundation on the next generation of ActivityPub:

> Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show.

> …Meta’s own research suggests its products have become a pillar of the global fraud economy. A May 2025 presentation by its safety staff estimated that the company’s platforms were involved in a third of all successful scams in the U.S.

> According to a December 2024 presentation, Meta’s user base is exposed to 22 billion organic scam attempts every day. That’s on top of the 15 billion scam ads presented to users daily.

> Every six months, Meta earns $3.5 billion from just the portion of scam ads that “present higher legal risk” […] That figure almost certainly exceeds “the cost of any regulatory settlement involving scam ads.” Rather than voluntarily agreeing to do more to vet advertisers, the same document states, the company’s leadership decided to act only in response to impending regulatory action.

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/

#MetaOutOfSWICG #DefederateMeta #FediPact #Meta #Zuckerberg #Threads #Facebook #Instagram #SocialWebFoundation #SWICG

Noch muss ich aufgrund von eingegangenen Verpflichtungen auf mehreren teils sehr nervigen #SocialMedia-Plattformen präsent sein – zumindest bis zur Landtagswahl in #SachsenAnhalt im kommenden Jahr. Dennoch kann ich mich bereits von einigen Konten verabschieden – wie #Threads – und so mehr Zeit für die Kanäle gewinnen, die mir persönlich wichtiger sind. 😄

@briankrebs

Thanks for sharing this (truly, thank you).

Folks..... THIS. Right here.

This is why I know so much about scams — from my time working at Meta.

Interestingly enough, when I first told people I worked for Meta and exposed all the horrible things we were doing, that fact was celebrated on the Fediverse. It was often even trending there.

But when I started talking about the scams I knew about — including the ones coming onto the Fediverse to warn people — suddenly, working for Meta was seen as a character flaw.

#Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Threads #WhatsApp #Scam #Fraud

please boost!!!

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this isn't a super serious life-or-death request i just figured i'd throw it out there because i am Stressed and my birthday is soonsies

https://vanta.money

on the off chance somebody actually does take me up on this, thanks!!!

#FediPact #meta #threads #MutualAid #TransCrowdFund