Mark Zuckerberg says anyone who quits Meta is 'virtue signaling'
Mark Zuckerberg says anyone who quits Meta is 'virtue signaling'
I forgot that not being part of a platform that just changed its rules to openly allow and advocate for hate speech toward trans people is virtue signaling.
Sorry that I want trans people to live without harassment and have human rights, I guess. What a virtue signaling asshole I am.
Anyone who doesn't want be evil is doing so performatively. Obviously.
K. quits anyway
Mark Zuckerberg is a whiny piss baby.
Truth, why couldn't he have stayed the same nerdy dude from his collage years
"Being virtuous is virtue signaling."
Ok. How about go fuck yourself Mark. Am I vice signaling enough for you now?
What about those of us who never joined?
He's been taking testosterone hasn't he.
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Announces moderation team gutted
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Announces that "community notes" will handle moderation
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Make a bunch of moves to purge anyone in the community that might actually provide a factual "community note"
Damn, I didn’t think of it quite like that, but yup, that’s exactly the result.
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Anyone who claims someone is virtue signalling is virtue signalling. Except this one comment.
i agree (and this comment here)
I quit Facebook because it stopped showing updates from my friends and groups I subscribed to. I couldn't care less about Zuck's political leanings as long as his product had any use for me.
Anyone who stops using my product is a poo poo head
like in this app used by 2 billion unique users globally?
Well then, since 2016 I've been a Virtue signaling mother fucker. Fuck Zuck!
Me too, since 2014, before it was a thing, according to Google trends. Does that make us hipsters? We did it before it was cool.
I quit Facebook years ago because it's a shitty website full of spam.
IG has gone down the same path. It's like 70% suggested/sponsored content that's worthless at best if not disinfo, propaganda, fraud, etc.
Fash make trash.
You've been virtue signalling all this while!?
I think it would also be fair to say that anyone who doesn't is also virtue signaling.
Lol
20 years ago, a piece of shit like Mark Zuckerberg would have used a similarly meaningless term like “political correctness” instead. Made no sense then and makes no sense now. What is the problem exactly? Is there something wrong with having an ethical framework and applying it consistently? Or, having standards? Using this framing, any ideological viewpoint is inherently bad, including the nihilistic and hypocritical one that Zuckerberg himself is expressing here. It’s all just nonsense, and further evidence that the economy that plied this asshole with so much wealth is anything but a meritocracy.
Perhaps a mediocracy?
Perhaps Idiocracy
The kind of people who would be bothered by being accused of "Virtue Signaling" are also the kind of people who are aligned with the rise of fascism and enabling of racism on the platform. But do go on acknowledging that working for Meta is itself an immoral position.
So he has confirmed that Meta is, as whole, a negative hasn't he?
I quit before virtue signalling was a term that people used to describe things they don't like. I wonder what he would have called it back around 2012?
LMFAO virtue signal deez nuts. Fuckerberg.
I haven't had Facebook in 10 years lol. I don't have a vote on this one.
Don't virtue signal me, bro!
What I find delicious is that he is implicitly stating that being on any Meta platform is not virtuous.
Why didn't he just say anyone who quits Meta smells like poo-poo and pee-pee? That would at least be funny.
Zuck is a fucking piece a shit. But the headline and article misrepresents what he was saying. His actual quote was "Some people may leave our platforms for virtue signaling" and appears to be directed towards users, not Meta employees.
Nah man, clearly you missed the memo that we now just take every statement out of it's obvious context and straw man the shit out of everything.
It hurts every real argument against these people when people make stupid arguments like this.
No its called having morals and standing by them. Virtue signaling is when you pay lip-service to a cause and don't walk the walk. Almost like zuck doing his dei stuff when it was popular and doing a 180 as soon as it becomes slightly unpopular.
I think it is quite beautiful to see how much <some politically, even if self-perceived, powerful person who is a moral trashheap> falls into the usual strong narcisism tendencies of projection.
I virtue signaled 7 years ago when the whole Cambridge Analytica scandal broke, realizing that Facebook is a seedy company that can't be trusted.
Same, also, Zuckerberg has always been a sketch ball who does anti-social and user hostile things with his app, so it was just years of being fed up with that. 2017 was just the straw that broke the camel’s back.
"Signaled" my "virtue" in 2016. Fuck you, zuck.
It’s kinda crazy how fast he’s unraveling into the right-wing griftersphere. Does Thiel or Putin have something on him?
maybe he just feels comfortable letting the facade drop
Exactly. Zucc was always a POS. I mean, FB got its start so he could rate the "hotties" on campus...
Your hubris is showing, Fuckerberg.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who calls him that. Same think.
When I was a teen, I thought anyone who joins it is virtue signaling.
he means 'is showing virtue'. And he's right.
The title alone shows admittance that leaving Meta signals virtue and good character.
Why should I care what a self confessed pedophile thinks?
schadenfreude from knowing he's not having a good time and is saying the most stupid shit imaginable
the woke left made me forget where I put my car keys
Will this decade be known as "the decade when billionares spiralled out of control"? First Musk then this android.
Imagine what Rockefeller and Carnegie would have tweeted about. You know they were crass, detached from reality hemorrhoid clusters, they just didn't get to spew it to a global audience 900 times a day.
They saw Elons return for a 230 million investment and want even more. Hopefully they overreach and we can finally rid ourselves of the billionaires.
“Some people may leave our platforms for virtue signaling, but I think the vast majority and many new users will find that these changes make the products better”
So he's stripping away protections for marginalised groups to appeal to the "vast majority" who, by definition, don't need these protections and are in no way negatively impacted by their existence. Got it, and fuck you very much.
isn't this giant sack of shit laying off like 1000 employees?
Oh no, not virtue signaling! There truly is no greater crime! Specifically, it isn't worse to be an overly-built, soulless chia pet if that's what you're thinking. Definitely not.
This is exactly the kind of thing a loser would say. Loser CEOs are always whining about people leaving their platform. Winners keep their head down and build something their users actually enjoy using.
Joke's on him. I quit before it was Meta.
Wow, I knew Zuckerberg was a jerk and I knew he was right wing. But I didn’t think he was one of those rightwing immature edgelord jerks on the level of 4chan posters
He wasn't. Mark used to be a sweet kid, but he's been radicalised by all the shit he reads on Facebook. It's not too late, Mark, delete your social media profiles, stay away from that poisonous hellhole!
Nah these billionaires don’t align on the modern left wing right wing spectrum, they are all a special kind of hardcore libertarian. The only ideology they have is that they should be able to do whatever they want to earn their next billion. Him appeasing right wingers fits his MO, but doesn’t make him a right winger.
The fact that this clown even felt the need to talk about this shows that a noteworthy number of people are leaving the platform.
It's a slow burn, but legacy social media must die.
Lotta reasons and responses here i plan on using for when i finally make my "fuck you all i quit" post this weekend.
Well firstly, virtue signaling is not fundamentally a bad thing. Devil is in the details.
Second, that's kinda rich coming from the guy who's been nothing but virtue signaling towards the upcoming Trump admin since his failed assassination attempt.
Banning gender-neutral bathrooms and spinning to anti-woke isn't virtue signalling...
Out of the loop here, so let me get this straight: Did they build gender-neutral bathrooms that are now gendered by placing a sticker on the door? What on earth could be the purpose of that?
gendered by placing a sticker on the door
We have that at my work, but they are still gender-neutral bathrooms when the other one is in use and someone needs to use it. You can’t really ungender-neutral those bathrooms.
Ah yes, the feed starting with an ad, followed by a reels module alternating between soft porn and dogs, followed by bots and more ads, maybe interspersed with a couple of posts by people whose names I recognize for good measure, are well worth my time. No need to virtue signal, I'm hooked!
Using the phrase "virtue signaling" is virtue signaling
FUCK
Why, yes, Im signaling that I have virtues, which is why I am not on your site Zuckerboi.
Kind of like wearing a red MAGA hat.
Maybe saying you’re quitting meta is “virtue signalling” but actually quitting is virtuous.
What should we call blatant pandering to Trump and his ilk? MAGA signaling?
You mean the bribes?
I mean both... obviously if you want to get on trumps good side you combine bribing with censoring content he doesn't like, and making sure not to censor or even fact check his lies.
Yeah, his wife has definitely served him divorce papers.
One hopes so. For her own sake if nothing else.
Bruh they're taking action. It's virtue actioning. Unless you're trying to tell them they need to do something more dramatic?
No, shit for brains, giving up your job is an actual commitment. Virtue signaling is a token gesture that costs you nothing - like throwing a million dollars at an inauguration party when you're worth billions.
Bye Felicia! Meta exodus.
The sad reality is that most people, like an overwhelming majority, won’t leave. Most don’t even have a clue this is happening in the first place, those that do, love their family and friends more than they hate Mark.
And where are they going to go? I heard Cory doctorow liken it to Anatevka (the town in Ukraine from fiddler on the roof) the people were sad they were leaving because they knew it would never be the same again and they might not see each other again. They didn’t like getting beat by Cossacks and it was a shitty place to be but they didn’t want to leave their people.
Dumping a platform that has your friends and family is a hard thing to do especially if it’s the only meaningful way you can connect with them otherwise. Especially if you know some won’t leave and some aren’t going to go to the same place you are.
On top of that, so many places no longer have websites, they have Facebook pages. Wanna see the menu to your favorite restaurant? Fucking Facebook. Want to know the hours of operation of that computer repair place? Fucking Facebook. Want to know if the shop you're going to carries your brand of something? Believe it or not, fucking Facebook. It's so integrated into our culture at this point. No private entity should ever have been allowed to amass that much power.
Get fuck't, Zuck. I'm attempting to convince my entire family to go to Friendica.
I will mention the platform and hopefully plant a seed!
Why did they cover the $900k watch in the image?
Okay, so what's wrong with that, dipshit? The populace fucking hates your stupid policies because it harms, and sticking in solidarity with those it harms is VIRTUE SIGNALING? That's a bad thing?
Go poorly surf and fight MMA you dumb, dickhead. People hate you and you deserve it.
virtue - behavior showing high moral standards.
Wouldn't want to signal that.
I wanted to leave a while ago but their shitty development practices got me locked out of my account due to a bug before I could.
I virtue signaled over a decade ago.
If treating people with respect and standing up for the greater good of an inclusive society that doesn't villainize people who aren't harming others is virtue signalling then I wear the title proudly.
I was and I did. What of it, Markie you salty bitch.
Geeze this guy gets a hobby and buys new clothes, and suddenly it’s hardcore this, hardcore that.
And everybody knows he stole Facebook from Spider-Man
I’ve been virtue signaling for years now. I can’ wait till Meta corp is a tiny greasy stain in the historical record. I’m had two dear friends ask me about the fediverse since Sunday.
Boycott - to abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, dealing with, or participating in as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion.
Why, yes. I think he's right. Dadgum, he's just so smart.
Yeah! Let's go!! Signal to me baby!
uh-huh, uh-huh!
Zuckerberg is about make people want to quit even more now.
What if I never used Meta in the first place? What does that make me? Am I a virtue signaller too?
Aw, is little baby Zuck upset that he's going to lose money somehow?
I just left because the platform is full of spam, narcissists and crazy family members that I don’t need in my life. It’s not fun anymore. Hasn’t been for a decade.
I just wanted simple updates from the people i follow in a chronological order. But no, it had to be by the algorithm, all in seemingly random order, and the feed full of slop I didn't ask for being force fed like I'm a turkey being prepared for the holidays, That's why I left.
So he's saying people wouldn't sacrifice much if they were to leave Meta-backed services?
this headline gave me a much needed chuckle, what a world.
There were plenty of reasons for my deleting fb over a decade ago, and this horsefuckery is just one more fuckery to add to the list of fb fuckeries (damn, they are many!).
Wish I could. Have to admin a bunch of brands on it though.
I have no idea what that means, but okay. I quit about a decade ago and have since tried a couple times to "get back into it" so I could keep up better with family/friends, but was unable to muster the desire after a day or 2 and would end up forgetting. Doesn't really feel like I'm missing much overall.
Virtue signalling means that you want to appear like you're better than you actually are, at least in public.
So it means that Zuck thinks people who leave Meta are actually scum, they just want to look nice to others.
If he thinks I'm scum, that works for me!
Mark Zuckerberg’s opinions on ethics and morality are very important to me.
(I won a bet with myself. I managed to type that whole sentence without bursting into laughter.)
Actually, I'm okay with that. I signaled my virtue, and I hope that you will, too.
Some people may leave our platforms for virtue signaling
anyone who quits Meta is 'virtue signaling'
These are not the same thing. Just a blatant lie.
How long till you idiots realize that you are doing him a favor upvoting his news?
"are you a chicken Marty? Are you?" jeez... so mid-to-highschool 🤦
I wasn't going to bother, but this kind of makes me want to delete my Facebook account.
Give me reasons to stay. I ret really annoyed by all the garbage my friends share and thus how little value you provide. give me value and I'll stay. Simple as that.
So what's his laying off 5% of staff?
Deficiency signalling.
Ok zoomerberg, whatever makes you feel good about your decisions.
I heard he also goes to AAnon meetings, calls everyone there a bunch of virtue signaling pussies, slams a beer and walks out.