By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/08/2026Nowhere is this sin more on display than in Zuck's relationship to the social connections that bind together the users of his platforms. 21/ 11185
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/08/2026Zuck has benefited enormously from the fact that you love your friends more than you hate him, but (because hell is other people), you can't all agree on when to leave and where to go next, so you stay put on Facebook and Instagram: locusmag.com/feature/comm... 22/locusmag.comCommentary: Cory Doctorow: Hell Is Other People“So this is hell. I’d never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the ‘burning marl.’ Old wives’ tales! There’s… 321842
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/08/2026The fact that you and your friends have trapped one another in a mutual hostage-taking is *maddening*, because friends who tie you to his platform refuse to organize their contact with you to "maximize your engagement" with FB and IG, which would let him maximize the number of ads he shows you. 23/ 115015
Ernst-Jan de Groot @groenemachine.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Since 2014 I had to explain to my friends that I do not use FB and WhatsApp because I think Zuck is a scary guy with a scary company. Glad I can refer to this thread now. 020
The Waitress Is Practicing Politics @joyceturiskylie.bsky.social · 06/08/2026We stay on FB because we don’t want to lose our human connection w/ those we truly know & love. Zuck doesn’t have those connections, but (like a sociopath) he’s figured out how to manipulate others to get what he wants. But he’s hit a brick wall because his whole business model is now porn & ads. 0182
