To join Facebook these days, one must record a video selfie
To join Facebook these days, one must record a video selfie
I wanted to buy something second-hand. Unfortunately, Facebook Marketplace is the shit where I live. So I thought I could quickly register, contact the seller, and delete my account afterwards.
However, I refuse to participate in this insanity. Video selfie my ass, Facebook.
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To confirm your identity...
Yeah, bullshit. This is to help train their facial recognition AI.
I mean, it's a bit of both.
I don't think they care if you're real anymore
They care quite a bit.
Bots and spammers make for miserable revenue generators. If you don't distinguish your marks from your players, there's no way to make money at the poker table.
I would agree with this if Zuck hadn't been in the news recently talking about how Meta is desperately filling their userbase with bots, on purpose
There is a big difference between bots you control and use for you own gain, and bots that someone else owns and uses for their gain
Their point still stands - the bots need to know who to target to generate revenue, otherwise they waste your money.
I would agree with this and in fact I do
~ Mitch Hedberg
and if they find or know a way to sell that with the other data colleted from you, they will proudly do it