Notices by Fancy Sandwiches (fancysandwiches@urbanists.social), page 2

@tokyo_0 I would not be surprised if they offered servers an improved frontend to Mastodon that was fully instrumented with analytics and ads.

I want to take a minute and address "Meta cannot possibly inject ads into your feed" . Yes, technically speaking it would be effectively impossible for Threads to inject ads into your feed. But y'all are forgetting how ads on social platforms work. Every post from a brand is an ad, whether or not they're paying Meta to forcibly put it into someone's feed. If you follow Wendy's you're going to see their ads, and Wendy's isn't going to need to pay Meta for you to see the content.

#Meta #Threads

"But I would never follow Wendy's!" you shout at your screen. Yes, *you're* not going to follow Wendy's but if someone you follow boosts or replies to a Wendy's ad, you're going to see the ad in your feed.

Look at the Wendy's Threads profile, they get hundreds of replies and thousands of likes. I don't know how many boosts, Threads doesn't say. If they pay Meta to boost a post they'll get even more likes, replies, and boosts, increasing the chances of an ad reaching your feed.

#Meta #Threads

So yeah, technically speaking it's impossible for Threads to inject ads into your feed as long as you're not on Threads. However, Wendy's (and literally any other brand) can use the tools they get on Threads, plus classic viral marketing techniques, to get their posts into your feed. Threads will be the largest instance on the Fediverse by a couple orders of magnitude, the influence they will have will be outsized.

#Meta #Threads #FediPact #DefederateMeta #Facebook #Instagram

I would like to buy a laser pointer for my cat, she loves chasing light, but I cannot find a reputable source for quality laser pointers. I don't want to buy one of those trash keychain ones sold at most pet stores, but I also don't want to buy a super powerful one that is too bright for my cat. I'd like something with decent build quality, I don't need it to be rechargeable because I have a ton of rechargeable AA and AAA batteries. Does anyone have a suggestion?

#cats #laser