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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Come on, that's not fair. We get some things:

My neighbor got robbed when she posted about being away on holiday. What an experience!

And there was that time that some users had private messages made public due to a security glitch. I'm sure that ended more than a few relationships!

We get mass surveillance -- that's a pretty good one, yeah?... No?

[–] kopasz7 15 points 2 months ago

Hey, don't forget the addiction and self esteem issues. Social media does much more!

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Right side You Get: Disinformation, Abuse, And a host that is demonstrably leaning into a dictatorship.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

And Jan.6th. Jan.6th was orchestrated with the help of Facebook groups.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Why did you forget the main perk of it: social anxiety.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Bob Ross is a hero and must be celebrated as such. Fuck Zuck with a cactus.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I will say, he did get to paint on TV and know that maybe somewhere someone was better off for knowing he existed.

Bob Ross absolutely got something. Something worth more than any sum of gold.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Of course, he must've gotten a sense of accomplishment from this.

When I contribute to an open source project I get the same feeling too. I can even brag about it during interviews. But, It's not why I do it. I learnt a lot from open source projects and I am just paying it forward. What I got from these projects is more than what I am able to contribute to.

But, Life is not a zero-sum game. We don't have to do things in exact proportions. That would make it a business transaction. Bob Ross definitely gave a lot to his viewers. In my eyes, that makes him a hero.

[–] brown567 3 points 2 months ago

No cactus deserves that

Use a hackle instead

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Fuck your nightmare fuel! I'm not even mad, you did such an amazing job.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bob Ross got fame, the good feeling of teaching something, a job where he just paints calmly for a living, he got a good life out of it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

He got an entire art supply empire with franchises that sold painting courses (and maybe still do?).

I think he also got screwed out of most of the proceeds and possibly even the use of his own name because he had a shady business partner.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That's not true the users get fed a constant bullshit via a constant pipeline

[–] brown567 4 points 2 months ago

Not to mention brand new mental illnesses! 😄

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, how much are the services of an algorithm geared toward maximizing outrage worth?! Gotta be something!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I get data, you get incorrect data

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

You get: *social media addiction because our algorithms are built to keep you scrolling

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

sending this to my friend in dubai

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Funny, but like, nobody would use Facebook if it was literally just a blank page.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The "nothing" means "nothing good".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I use Facebook for a lot of hobby stuff. I look for hobby communities on Lemmy in the same categories but they’re way smaller and less active. I wish everyone would move to Lemmy but there’s a barrier to entry which isn’t the case for Facebook.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Don't be afraid to evangelize! If someone seems really disappointed with Facebook, introduce them to Lemmy! The main barrier to entry is teaching them what an instance is.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Facebook Marketplace is pretty good though, at least in the US. All other Facebook features are rubbish