Peter "Poly" Paterson<p>Tonight I read this excellent <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/lemmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lemmy</span></a> post<br><a href="https://lemmings.world/post/21510510" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lemmings.world/post/21510510</a><br>regarding John Oliver's show night on the topic of "Facebook & Content Moderation".<br><a href="https://youtu.be/nf7XHR3EVHo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/nf7XHR3EVHo</a><br><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/contentmoderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/johnoliver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnOliver</span></a><br><br>The whole show is extremely informative about Meta, but being "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" there were quite a few f-bombs. Only watch the video if you really want the whole story and are not sensitive to the language. <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/fbomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fbomb</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/fbombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fbombs</span></a><br><br>John Oliver promoted this website:<br>"How to change your settings<br>to make yourself less valuable to Meta"<br><a href="https://johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com/</a><br>I have already followed the steps.<br><br>The show also briefly mentioned <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a>, <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>, <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pixelfed</span></a>, and <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueSky</span></a> as Meta alternatives. <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/metaalternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetaAlternatives</span></a><br>Personally I am on the <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> with <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/gotosocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoToSocial</span></a> (same protocol as Mastodon - <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/activitypub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a>) and <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PixelFed</span></a>.<br>As well as Lemmy, <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telegram</span></a>, and <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Matrix</span></a>.<br>If you want information on these networks just ask me.<br><br>Like some I am still on Meta: Facebook and <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> because it's where many of our friends, family, and colleagues are, and don't plan leaving... yet. In the meantime we can lessen our value to Meta and their advertisers.<br>None of the alternatives I use have <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/advertisers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advertisers</span></a> or <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algorithms</span></a>. It's all <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> driven, <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/funded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funded</span></a>, and guided by <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/hashtags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hashtags</span></a> and other means.</p>