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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 13 minutes ago

sounds like he recently received a magadouche orientation and is going through the lexicon

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 9 points 52 minutes ago

Lemmy user says anyone who doesn't quit being CEO of Meta is 'guillotine signaling'

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 20 points 2 hours ago

Fuck you Zuck. Leaving Facebook has been great for me, it's not virtue signaling, it's a quality of life improvement.

Ass.

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 25 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)
Virtue signaling is a good thing. The problem is lack of virtue, not presence of signals.
[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 15 points 4 hours ago

What a fucking loser.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 30 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago* (last edited 11 minutes ago)

I like the term vice signaling, which is what they do all the time. at least I get virtue signaling. but these people are like "hey look how terrible I am" and it's just baffling.

[–] lurklurk@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Zuckerberg reportedly decided to do away with censorship mechanisms at Meta after a seemingly innocuous photo that he posted on Facebook in November 2023 about the surgery that was performed on his left anterior cruciate ligament failed to go viral,

pathetic

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

I never saw a post from him on Facebook, I was wondering if he even posted..

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 4 hours ago

Even if they are, they still have fucking virtues, unlike your robotic ass, Zuck.

[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

As opposed to signalling that you have none.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I never understood that phrase. If you admit there is virtue to your opponents actions isn't that just certifying you are wrong regardless of the opponents intentions?

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

No, it's saying they're doing something mostly superficial and useless because they think it will make people see them as virtuous, where they wouldn't have done it if it wasn't a highly visible act, not that the actions are actually virtuous. So like someone volunteers for one day for some charitable cause, but spends the whole time taking selfies and not actually helping much.

That said I'm not sure what the logic is that quitting facebook counts as this

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Alright but the highly superficial act is seen as virtuous. The act we oppose when we use this phrase. That act. It is virtuous. Therefor we in this hypothetical stand against virtue and goodness.

[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Says the guy who suddenly started hitting all the typical shithead slogans and talking point as soon as it seemed beneficial.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago

Right? Wasn't he super busy with "de-lizarding" and trying to be the cool friendly billionaire? That took a turn quickly lmao.

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

Yes, now tell me the problem with that

[–] Muffi@programming.dev 29 points 8 hours ago

It's called being a political consumer, you dipshit

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 15 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I'll be glad to signal my foot up his ass

[–] neuroneiro@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Wait until Ouch My Balls is over

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 119 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

isn't virtue signaling doing something good but just for shows? so he is implying that quitting fb is a good thing to do

[–] GuyDudeman@lemmy.world 50 points 11 hours ago

Yes. But he’s so dumb he doesn’t realize it.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 15 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

When someone does something you don't want them to do, but the reason you don't want them to do it is completely invalid - that's when you call it virtue signalling.

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 hour ago

Can't he just call it woke like all the other right-wingers?

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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 20 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Mark Zuckerberg the chicken fucker?

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 1 points 30 minutes ago (1 children)

Ostrich fucker. Allegedly….

[–] ladytaters@lemmy.world 1 points 10 minutes ago

I heard it was a sick ostrich.

[–] StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world 27 points 10 hours ago

I'm just trying to save his neutered business from my feminine energy.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago

His AI is picking from random internet phrases to see if it unlocks a reward function.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 73 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

He looks more and more like a cult leader every day.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 49 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

I recently commented somewhere that the more Elon Musk leans into MAGA the more he looks like a Sith lord and the affliction appears to be hitting Mark Zuckerberg too lately.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 32 points 12 hours ago

Always two there are. The Master, and the Apprentice.

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 55 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I signaled that virtue a very, very long time ago.

[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 17 points 10 hours ago

I've been boycotting Facebook since before it was cool.

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[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 22 points 10 hours ago

I don't know, sounds like he's just virtue signaling to me.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago
[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 36 points 11 hours ago

"vote with your wallet and you can affect a corporation!"

Also:

"Fuck you, I'm entitled to your participation (your data) or you're a virtue signaler leftist baby."

I wish I wasn't an atheist, at least I'd have some comfort in knowing pieces of shit get what they deserve. Instead they just become billionaires and live amazing lives.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 39 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's weird to realize I would wait in line for like 45 minutes up piss on Zuckerberg's grave, should the legal opportunity ever arise.

Just a thought for his next of kin to consider, in due time...

And how much extra to take a shit on it?

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

What Mark is really saying you will be back. if anyone is still on Facebook after all these years he is probably right. He also knows if anything that does take it out. He will just buy it up and once again those people will be back under meta's control. He has too much money. The only answer is to stop using identity based social media.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 hours ago

That's the beauty of the fediverse. It cannot be bought anymore than someone can buy "the internet".

[–] RQG@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

My mom moved away from meta because of this asshat. It seems now everything is possible. She went from WhatsApp to signal and Facebook to Bluesky.

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Good for her I'm glad one person got away

[–] RQG@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Me too. But I'm mostly surprised.

[–] StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

“Meta has us in a chokehold. They make money off our presence in order to continue to be in business and yet it’s too difficult for people to leave,” Makichen wrote.

Difficult? How? I'm pretty sure I still have an account on Facebook from it's early days, but I haven't logged in to it in more than a decade. Friends and family can reach me in other ways, like email or better yet a phone call.

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[–] bblkargonaut@lemmy.world 13 points 10 hours ago

Why would anyone quit adult daycare? Unless they are in the content moderation mines in Africa getting ptsd from seeing the horrors of humanity.

[–] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 12 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Mark Zuckerberg is a dork.

[–] pfr@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 8 hours ago

I quit Facebook and Instagram years ago, long before it was called Meta. Fuck that goon.

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