Not going to post the whole thing, but I thought that the headline for the latest Garbage Day had insight into the nature of people paying to use social media platforms
I am not sure that I agree though. Today it is more like everyone can use the bathroom, read the graffiti, and write their own with a thin-tip Sharpie. If you pay they hand you this each time you go in and let you write on the walls outside the stall too!
Meta Global Affairs President Nick Clegg has likened the companyâs metaverse strategy to being the owner of a bar. If a patron is confronted by âan uncomfortable amount of abusive language,â theyâd simply leave, rather than expecting the bar owner to monitor the conversations.
So Nick Clegg has signed up with an evil organisation to try and make them better, but has ended up just enabling the evil that they do. Canât say that Iâm remotely surprised by that.
I donât frequent bars a lot these days, but a barkeeper throwing out an abusive patron doesnât seem too unlikely to meâŠ
Iâm guessing that Clegg, et al donât, either. Though I can picture them just looking at the Meta apps on their respective devices the whole time, and miss when the barkeep gives some asshole the bumâs rush.
Thatâs a very dude âtude.
https://pos.toasttab.com/blog/on-the-line/angel-shot
When a patron orders an Angel Shot, theyâre covertly letting their bartender or server know that theyâre either on a date thatâs not working out, or they donât feel safe because of another guestâs behavior.
By doing so, they let staff know theyâre either in need of some help getting out of there, or would like staff to remove the offending guest from the establishment.
We donât usually allow children in bars though and usually staff do toss out unruly abusive drunks from the bar.
Meta is building a generative AI system capable of churning out online ads to order and will charge businesses to use it, according to chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth.
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For my friends and family who used their real personal information:
The rest of us considering the details necessary to file a claim⊠
(AP reprint)
