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It's easy to forget that there are many different experiences of loneliness.
There is a person who goes on dates, goes to parties and has friends at work, who hangs out with their "mates" from school but they are VERY lonely.
There is a person who lives alone, mostly talks to people online calls their folks every other month and maybe hangs out with their friend IRL 5 times a year. They are not lonely. They are worried you noticed this and are going to ... suggest things to them.
so... a virus?
I think angry lonely people defaced the ads.
I think a lot of the spying and tracking is driven by the desire to do ads.
Not all of it. But the bulk.
Also, that's not an exception. Most of the ads I've seen for this thing have been marked up like this and not by the same people. I think it's just a last straw.
The ad is kind of insulting in a way.
It's a little unusual. Most ads don't get defaced like this unless they have been up for too long (people will do funny things with old movie posters)
This just REALLY pissed people off.
To be fair my phone has no ads, but it's not "magic" it's a lot of work and I'm not always into doing it.
"neoclassical facade" tacked on the side like a campaign button.
This is a box (data center) with architectural stickers on it.
McMansion "CAD Pack" vibes.
Epstein Files Memorial Data Center
Call that "dark mode"
I was being kind of absurd with this comment but thinking about it more I think there is a real point buried here.
As in: interacting with people matters? even if you only want to sell things. But even more if you need "a friend"
people are so mad LOL... and the people making this are saying "no no no this is a good thing... we are having an impact."
@michaelgemar @Moss @llewelly @quinn
this is making me feel things
If AI is so great why don't you sell your big new product to THEM? Hmm?
angry math noises
This is true about 8 times out of 10