• Shan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is also evidence that bluesky is going to Google+ themselves out of a market share by slow rolling so much.

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    1 year ago

    Wild that people just don’t mind being exploited by a social network like that.

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      1 year ago

      The majority are either commercial accounts and “influencers” or placeholder accounts for Instagram users.

      There have already been cases of people who never even downloaded the app being recommended to other people because they have an Instagram account.

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    1 year ago

    Even so, many politicians have already signed up for the service. Axios reported that as of Thursday evening, more than a quarter of Congress’ 535 members across both chambers had created accounts, as well as half a dozen Republican presidential candidates and top White House aides.

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      1 year ago

      Who needs lobbying when you can just collect blackmail data on politicians because they willingly install your app?