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.
i dont have a facekbook account, never will. i use UBLOCK origin to bypass the login popup, to access downloads for an old pc game, that doesnt produce newer maps in other sites.
Still can’t figure out why people started using that crap in the first place, didn’t this seem really obvious?
In any case, that also means Instagram too, you know that right?
You can’t actually delete your Facebook account, though. They just mark it as deleted in the database, but can absolutely still use the information.
Is it sure? I’ve done it 15 years ago but I remember clearly there was an option to delete everything. Could it be that it’s only for EU?
It’s pretty rare to actually delete data from a database. It’s almost always flagged in a way that the system is supposed to ignore.
But even if you’ve never had a Facebook account, they create a shadow profile by tracking you through the share on Facebook buttons on websites.
Which makes sense for an ERP software. Because you have financial related data linked to your name. It cannot be deleted or the books would be wrong. After some years it does get deleted because no it’s too expensive to not archive.
But for Facebook, I do not see the reasoning. But I trust them to find a loophole if there is one !
That’s why people should use a browser that blocks those trackers.
If Cambridge Analytica wasn’t enough of a reason to leave Facebook, then you will probably continue using Facebook today even after reading this.
Facebook should have been shutdown then. Actually, it should have been shutdown even before then since the Edward Snowden leaks.
The actions of users (or lack of user actions) from back then have brought us to the issues of today. The information has been out there for over a decade.
Why shut it down when you can just let it buy up all its competitors?
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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.
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.
Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus Rift?
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
You actually ever had one???
The best time to delete your accounts was a decade ago. The second best time is today.
Never had a Facebook account, never will, and so i will never know the joy of deleting it.
Been through it twice. You’re not really missing any joy, just the annoyance of really hoping you don’t accidentally “sign in using Facebook” on a random website and have to start the process over.
No it won’t. It will be the veneer. Like preserving the makeup and hair product but not the person it’s painted on.
A lot of Facebook users are 90% veneer though.
I already assume everything I wrote on the Internet is eternal. Of course, data is free and people will use it for stupid stuff like this. This doesn’t surprise me.
This is exactly why I’ve been recording personal logs and saving archives of all of my digital interactions for over a decade already. Going to make one of these for myself at some point using local models.
They laughed, called me mad. Well who’s mad now?
I saw a documentary about this. I think they called it Caprica.
Way ahead of ya, brother.
I doubt it will come close to that, it would probably be a very bad copy. I doubt even the most facebook addicted person would put out enough information for the AI to make a good copy of them as a person. Their voice and face, yes, but I imagine talking to them would be just as infuriating as talking to an AI model of today.
