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.

  • JohnBrownsBussy2 [he/him]
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    2 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 [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 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 [he/him]
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        2 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