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[–] Zpiritual@lemm.ee 6 points 38 minutes ago (1 children)

Looks like he is starting to follow Elon down into the rabbit hole off asshattery.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 5 points 32 minutes ago

Starting to? He's been on that road at least as long as musk of not before.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 7 points 52 minutes ago

Guess I was "virtue signalling" back before the term was even coined.

[–] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 1 points 14 minutes ago* (last edited 8 minutes ago)

I'm not "virtue signaling" I'm tired. I'm tired of the ads.

I'm tired of the algorithm intentionally fueling flame wars.

I'm tired of INESCAPABLE "meme pages," run by spam bots, that just recycle the same tired shit over and over and over again.

I'm tired of the THREE different video systems that are inexplicably not interoperable. Reels, Facebook Live, and video Instagram posts all showing up in my timeline but all are part of separate systems. Meanwhile, if I share a link to a YouTube video, it gets suppressed by the almighty algorithm. Because how dare I show my followers/friends something they'd might like to see if it takes their eyeballs away from Facebook.

Finally, I'm tired of companies selling people like me down the river to score political points with chuds.

[–] Soulifix@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 1 hour ago

This is the same guy who has called people 'dumbasses' at one point for trusting him.

Which is it, Asspuckerberg? Is everyone a 'dumbass' for having joined you and your shitty platforms in the first place or is everyone 'virtue signaling' because they've finally grown tired of it? Sounds to me, one of these paths has the high road, so yes, I'll gladly do it in the name of virtue-signaling. A signaling of how that there's mountains of your bullshit that can't be withstood anymore.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 12 points 1 hour ago

sounds like he recently received a magadouche orientation and is going through the lexicon

[–] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 hour ago

lol

Eat turds Zuck

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 18 points 2 hours ago

Lemmy user says anyone who doesn't quit being CEO of Meta is 'guillotine signaling'

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 30 points 3 hours ago

Fuck you Zuck. Leaving Facebook has been great for me, it's not virtue signaling, it's a quality of life improvement.

Ass.

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 38 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)
Virtue signaling is a good thing. The problem is lack of virtue, not presence of signals.
[–] phughes@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 hour ago

What I love most about the phrase "virtue signaling" is that when people accuse you of it they are themselves virtue signaling.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 40 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] pyre@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I like the term vice signaling, which is what they do all the time. at least I get virtue signaling. but these people are like "hey look how terrible I am" and it's just baffling.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 22 points 5 hours ago

What a fucking loser.

[–] lurklurk@lemmy.world 16 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Zuckerberg reportedly decided to do away with censorship mechanisms at Meta after a seemingly innocuous photo that he posted on Facebook in November 2023 about the surgery that was performed on his left anterior cruciate ligament failed to go viral,

pathetic

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

I never saw a post from him on Facebook, I was wondering if he even posted..

[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago

As opposed to signalling that you have none.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 6 hours ago

Even if they are, they still have fucking virtues, unlike your robotic ass, Zuck.

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 hours ago

Yes, now tell me the problem with that

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I never understood that phrase. If you admit there is virtue to your opponents actions isn't that just certifying you are wrong regardless of the opponents intentions?

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

No, it's saying they're doing something mostly superficial and useless because they think it will make people see them as virtuous, where they wouldn't have done it if it wasn't a highly visible act, not that the actions are actually virtuous. So like someone volunteers for one day for some charitable cause, but spends the whole time taking selfies and not actually helping much.

That said I'm not sure what the logic is that quitting facebook counts as this

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Alright but the highly superficial act is seen as virtuous. The act we oppose when we use this phrase. That act. It is virtuous. Therefor we in this hypothetical stand against virtue and goodness.

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 3 points 46 minutes ago* (last edited 46 minutes ago) (1 children)

It generally means that we don't believe they'd be taking that action if there weren't a camera rolling or trending hashtag to follow. It's not criticizing the actual action, but the context around the action.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 8 minutes ago (1 children)

Yeah cool but that doesnt argue any of my points whatsoever.

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

We're agreeing that the individual act is virtuous. You're not understanding that complaints of virtue signaling are not criticizing the individual act. They're criticizing the unspoken lack of other acts.

[–] LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 7 hours ago

ROFL I’m signaling the virtue of my privacy kept safe by escaping Meta and not being on a platform hosted by a deranged billionaire. 🤣

[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Says the guy who suddenly started hitting all the typical shithead slogans and talking point as soon as it seemed beneficial.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 hours ago

Right? Wasn't he super busy with "de-lizarding" and trying to be the cool friendly billionaire? That took a turn quickly lmao.

[–] Muffi@programming.dev 34 points 10 hours ago

It's called being a political consumer, you dipshit

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 20 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I'll be glad to signal my foot up his ass

[–] neuroneiro@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Wait until Ouch My Balls is over

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 132 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

isn't virtue signaling doing something good but just for shows? so he is implying that quitting fb is a good thing to do

[–] GuyDudeman@lemmy.world 57 points 13 hours ago

Yes. But he’s so dumb he doesn’t realize it.

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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 26 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Mark Zuckerberg the chicken fucker?

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Ostrich fucker. Allegedly….

[–] ladytaters@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

I heard it was a sick ostrich.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago

His AI is picking from random internet phrases to see if it unlocks a reward function.

[–] StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world 29 points 12 hours ago

I'm just trying to save his neutered business from my feminine energy.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 79 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

He looks more and more like a cult leader every day.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 54 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

I recently commented somewhere that the more Elon Musk leans into MAGA the more he looks like a Sith lord and the affliction appears to be hitting Mark Zuckerberg too lately.

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 60 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I signaled that virtue a very, very long time ago.

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 41 points 13 hours ago

"vote with your wallet and you can affect a corporation!"

Also:

"Fuck you, I'm entitled to your participation (your data) or you're a virtue signaler leftist baby."

I wish I wasn't an atheist, at least I'd have some comfort in knowing pieces of shit get what they deserve. Instead they just become billionaires and live amazing lives.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 23 points 12 hours ago

I don't know, sounds like he's just virtue signaling to me.

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