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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by LGOrcStreetSamurai@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

What's the mindset behind forcing a user to create an account to view the media on a page? For example an artist I like posts their art on Instagram and Twitter but I can't look at it unless I create an account. What's the dumb corporate rationale behind this? I have seen this on so many sites you can't even see what's there without an account? Doesn't it just scare users away? I know it certainly does for me. If I have to log in just to view a page I don't want to view the page.

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[-] JohnBrownsBussy2@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

Meta's business model is about collecting user data for advertisers. All of their services are a means to that end.

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

I think OP is talking about "the meta" in the freeze-gamer sense, but you're right when it comes to any of these sites.

[-] LGOrcStreetSamurai@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

I think OP is talking about "the meta" in the freeze-gamer sense,

Correct. I know the overlap between cool gamers and techno-nerds isn't a flat circle, but i probably should have used a different word because I genuinely forget that META is Facebook and Alphabet is Google. How are these motherfuckers taking such basic words away from us agony-acid

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

It's either basic ass words or the big evil shit from fantasy and sci-fi novels lmao

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