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Meta Platforms. X Corp. tell me those aren't straight from a strangely prescient cyberpunk classic

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[-] 1984@lemmy.today 30 points 1 year ago

You didn't mention Facebook? That's super dystopian to me. What's a face book if not a large collection of identities being monitored?

[-] Benj1B@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago

It sounds like a cursed item in D&D or something.

The Book of Faces Wondrous Item, very rare

This enchanted tome magically records the likeness each humanoid slain in its vicinity, preserving a snapshot of their life and memories. The book can be read to glean superficial information about it's subjects. As an action, you can tear a page from the book to summon a ghostly spirit of its subject, which will be magically compelled to answer questions. The spirit knows nothing the owner did not know in life.

The Demon Lord Elgor Ithym is said to have a keen interest in this book...

[-] shadowSprite@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Now do it for MySpace and Twitter!

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

👌🏼Pure delight

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

What’s a face book if not a large collection of identities being monitored?

Well, historically (and I mean in the 1990s) it was a collection of names and photographs of all the new students at your college, to help in meeting people and/or to see who's hot.

[-] Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 8 points 1 year ago
[-] 1984@lemmy.today 0 points 1 year ago

Yes ofc, I just think the name Facebook is more dystopian than Meta.

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