Social networks are getting stingy with their data, leaving third-party developers in the lurch | TechCrunch
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2023 was the year social networks realized that they were sitting on massive troves of data. And some companies, such as Twitter (now X) and Reddit,
    • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Mark Zuckerberg: “Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard just @ me. I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS.”

      “What? How’d you manage that one?” a friend asked.

      “People just submitted it,” “I don’t know why. They ‘trust’ me. Dumb fucks.”

      edit: copy/paste cleanup

      • SteefLem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Name address and so on i, well, understand if you buy something online to fill that in. But sns and id??? Thats all kinds of stupid. Why would you give thata willingly to fb? Its not a government entity or even a bank.

  • McDropout@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I’m on Lemmy due to this!

    I literally use this platform just to run from bots and cooperate greed.