Advertising predates tracking by millennia. We can have online advertising without tracking, and certainly without this orgy of sharing data between 4353 partners. But market alone won't get us there, because whoever offers advertising without tracking and selling data will be at a huge disadvantage compared to the crooks who sell. Only regulatory action can help. So this small step should be celebrated.
Then what are you talking about? I didn't downvote your post, but probably like people who did, I have trouble understanding your point. Everyone online - privileged and underprivileged alike - is under omnipresent surveillance of countless actors. Until very recently this was completely unregulated. Information about our behavior, interests, opinions, relations, health, anxieties and dumb shit we post in moments of confusion, is gathered, sold, recombined and resold. The rich and powerful are doing it in hope of gaining ability to predict and change our behavior - i.e. gain more power over us. So just because you are more privileged then some, you should not care? Or not appreciate that something good, even if small and insufficient, happened about this awful situation?
You're welcome 🤗
It's not about advertising. It's about spying on our online lives. Not the same thing.
Sure. It's in our nature to surround ourselves with like-minded people. Back in the old days, people would subscribe to a newspaper, watch TV and listen to radio stations, or go to pubs with folks they felt comfortable with, and that would often lead to gruopthink. There is only so much we can do about it with different platforms. The rest is up to us, individually and collectively. Being polite, open minded, thoughtful and critical takes effort. But it's also in our nature.
What you wrote is probably true, but it's not the end of the story. Ownership model of corporate social media creates incentives to polarize and divide people. It drives engagement and creates moats. Also, billionaire owners of those media have their own political goals, and are happy to use the platforms they own to advance them.
Fuck incels! Not literally, of course.
Why not? It would cure them 😉
I will remove any comment promoting or excusing fascism and violent ethno-imperialism or spreading obvious lies. Engaging in discussion with people (bots?) who are clearly ignoring reality and cherry picking irrelevant facts is a waste of time and everyone's attention. Russian war propaganda trolls like the bunch of you are not welcome here.
It's probably the same for politicians. They are looking for widest reach. It's not only about posting. To be effective, they need to moderate and engage with comments, which is harder to automate. Also, they might just not know about fediverse platforms (lack of marketing). In that case the solution would be to promote fediverse among users, European business, organizations and politicians.
Then it's important to identify the reason it doesn't take off. Is it inherent to fediverse (in which case we would indeed need a new platform) or is it external. For example proprietary platforms have marketing and lobbying.
Just to make sure, you do realize that Russians invaded Ukraine and Ukrainians are fighting a defensive war, right?
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Thanks to @axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe for sharing the link in another thread
Yes! The current system of online advertising has been ruled illegal