▲ 281 ▼ Welcome to the Age of Paid Social Media (gizmodo.com) submitted 2 years ago by psychothumbs@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 124 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] tokyo@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheEntity@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Sounds weird to me as both can be used for the general creepiness and both allow blocking people if needed. I just don't see the benefit of one over the other here. EDIT: The other comment explained it to me, I understand it now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Also depends on how you explain why you don’t have any, I originally gave up Facebook because I went through a bad breakup and figured a break would be for the best, the only time I ever logged in again was to delete it, Instagram came shortly after. I don’t think I’ve asked for anyone’s number that told me no after telling them why I’m difficult to Google, and in my experience most people treat social media the way a 20 year smoker treats cigarettes, they know they should quit and intend to at some nebulous point in the future permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheEntity@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Sounds weird to me as both can be used for the general creepiness and both allow blocking people if needed. I just don't see the benefit of one over the other here. EDIT: The other comment explained it to me, I understand it now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Also depends on how you explain why you don’t have any, I originally gave up Facebook because I went through a bad breakup and figured a break would be for the best, the only time I ever logged in again was to delete it, Instagram came shortly after. I don’t think I’ve asked for anyone’s number that told me no after telling them why I’m difficult to Google, and in my experience most people treat social media the way a 20 year smoker treats cigarettes, they know they should quit and intend to at some nebulous point in the future permalink fedilink source parent