The question of whether we’ll be uploading our consciousness to a computer is no longer if. It’s probably when. That’s because these digital consciousnesses – our essences – will likely be the product of an AI’s interpretation of ourselves. The breadcrumbs we’ll leave across digital files, images, videos, audio recordings, and, of course, all that social media will be an ample resource to reconstruct you.
You all still have Facebook accounts???
Unfortunately a side hustle for me is buying cars, putting in some work, and flipping them. Facebook Marketplace has a grasp on the personal classified ads. Craigslist still exists, but results are slim in my area.
I really hate it because I’ll go to look at cars, but end up scrolling mindlessly on the feed.
Do you get scammers much?
I tried looking for camera lenses, logged out and with some scripting, and ran into some pretty clear scams immediately. Like no-one is even policing the site.
Depends on how you view it. If you’re just a buyer, I feel it’s pretty easy to spot scams. Though there are absolutely exceptions to that.
As a seller though, a constant barrage of scammers, dumbasses, and low ballers alike.
I fully agree about the moderation. I don’t think there is enough moderators to keep up with how many listings are up.
It’s really hard to get people to suffer mild inconvenience when they don’t emotionally connect with the benefits.
Most of facebook’s evils are remote and impersonal. Seeing your cousin’s baby photos is real and at hand.
Why, would a closed account be a problem for them? Imagine one day receiving a short video from your deceised mom saying hi and inviting you back to fb for a chat.
But only if you reactivate your account
Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus Rift?
You actually ever had one???
This is such a dumbass take. As in Trump level stupid.
It was trump level stupid to realize from the beginning that handing over your personal information on the internet was a bad idea?
That is stupid to you?
We learned not to do that shit before Facebook came out.
And within a very short time after it came out it became very obvious it was a bad idea as well.
Then you must be even older than I am then. Back in 03-04 no one my age was worried much about any data other than just publicly posting your SSN and photos of your IDs.
Worrying about your tweets and statuses was not a thing amongst my peers. At the time at least.
No one knew then what it would grow into. I didn’t even think it would last through college, much less til now, over 20 years later.
Some people were. It was a basic rule of the internet even then.
So you are projecting then? Calling me stupid?