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mentalgeartoday at 4:10 PM3 repliesview on HN

'Engaged Students, Joyful Teachers' ... but sad Zuck ! As soon as this becomes popular and Zuck's engagement numbers tank, prepare for a propaganda campaign of nuclear proportions - maybe they even pull the OG Sheryl Sandberg back to steer the PR ship. And with the current crop of cronies in office, don’t be surprised if a new ID bill will be introduced that requires "social connectivity" as requirement for ID verification. Your "trust score" might eventually depend on how much data you feed Zuck's sucking machine and whether you’ve hit your daily scroll quota. If you think that sounds crazy, you haven't been paying attention to how fast the goalposts are moving.


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glaughtoday at 4:37 PM

Saw this the other day: https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5726492-social-media-...

Writer’s org’s founders include Meta, among many others: https://itif.org/our-supporters/

I’m no expert here, so leaving this as a datapoint

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soopypoostoday at 4:57 PM

more like gaolposts amirite

engeljohnbtoday at 4:27 PM

And everyone's going to fall for it too.