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Call me cynical, but I've seen so many of these internet "protests" over the years. I'm just so numb at this point. Nothing ever changes.

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[-] SuperNovaCouchGuy2@hexbear.net 81 points 22 hours ago

“When a company CEO logs into their Slack and sees 10,000 Clippys looking back at them, what I hope occurs is that they intuitively understand that they no longer live in a world where they can get away with f*cking over the consumer.”

if nobody calls for a boycott or any other action that hurts the bottom line, then this is just virtue signalling based on the flawed assumption that the companies would actually give a shit if some users changed their profile picture but did nothing else, should've used this opportunity to focus on BDS instead

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 54 points 20 hours ago

Liberal action is always "if we make the kings feel slightly uncomfortable, they'll completely stop being awful to us." it's complete nonsense

[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 16 points 14 hours ago

"When mi'lord sees how pitiful we are, he'll quit taking 4/5ths of our harvest"

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 38 points 20 hours ago

When you get your theory of political action from The Grinch

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 36 points 20 hours ago

I dunno, taking all my enemies stuff and throwing it off a mountain seems pretty cool

[-] Dessa@hexbear.net 30 points 21 hours ago

At most, a corporation might decide to adjust its messaging around AI somewhat

[-] TommyBeans@hexbear.net 12 points 15 hours ago

Or disable PFP’s, or do like the Disney streaming app where you select one PFP out of an assortment of choices. As long as folks are willing to stay on the platform, Corpo’s got lots of options

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