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HOW TO KILL META!
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The legal math on media is broken. The punitive measures are not effective deterrents against Meta's abusive behavior.
Meta does harmful things, apologizes, pays a pittance, and still comes out ahead financially.
Zuckerberg sold out his users data to Cambridge Analytica, and influenced the US election. Then he appeared before Congress like a contrite little schoolboy - "Oops! I didn't mean to accidentally cut multibillion dollar deals and sell out Facebook users. Honest mistake. I promise not to do it again ( unless the price is right! )"
Because of the math, he still came out ahead.
I left Meta's platforms a long time ago.
People who are not savvy, are locked into the Facebook walled garden, because of the Network Effect. ( "I can't leave Facebook. All my friends are on Facebook!" )
Having liberated ourselves, it is our duty to liberate others, who are still trapped, to give them their right to privacy.
Here's a plan of action:
1) Place ads on Facebook, explaining the benefits of the #Fediverse
( https://Fediverse.info/ )
1.1) Freedom from Meta's censorship and algorithms.
1.2) A community owned, open social media platform.
1.3) Based on Free Software, auditable by all.
2) When a user clicks, guide them through exporting their data from Facebook, and deleting their Facebook account.
3) Give them an optional questionnaire, asking about their interests, and match them with the right #Mastodon instance.
4) If they skip the optional questionnaire, pick a semi random Mastodon instance for them.
5) Give them an option to enter into a Facebook migration registry.
6) Help them set up a Mastodon account and import their data.
7) If they opted into the migrant registry, reconnect them with their former Facebook connections, who also joined the registry. Like a reunion in Heaven with your loved ones. ☺️
Migration Details:
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1. Set up a website to facilitate the exodus out of Facebook/Twitter.
For example:
Facebook2Fedi.org / Twitter2Fedi.org
2. The websites can be publicized through word of mouth, or any number of other means, not just through ads on Facebook / Twitter / X
3. It's a week's worth of work for an experienced programmer. So the requirements break down as:
3.1 A programmer's pay for 1 week ( or volunteer hackers ).
3.2 Two internet domains.
3.3 managed web hosting costs for 1 year.
3.4 customer support hotline number.
A lot of these costs can probably be covered by existing Free Software projects, which may offer free hosting. We might find enough Fediverse volunteers to operate the hotlines.
Technical Details:
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1) The User clicks on a link to go to FB2Fedi.org ( working title )
2) The website guides them on how to get FB to release their data to them.
3) The user jumps through the FB hoops, and downloads an archive of their FB data. This might take a day or two.
4) The website ( FB2Fedi.org ) guides them through setting up a Fediverse account.
5) The website optionally helps them upload their contacts file to the registry hosted by the site ( infosec details to be hashed out ).
6) The website helps them upload their posts and photos etc to their Fediverse account. This might require some parsing scripts, for ETL ( Extract, Transform & Load ).
7) The user's data pretty much stays in their control. Their social network is mostly the data a user entrusts the migration registry with.
Using some cryptography primitives, it might be possible to limit this exposure, and mitigate the risk.
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