On: Meta Files Patent for Facial Recognition, Automatic Recording of People

[FLeXMurphy]

Just last week you were all praising Meta for being so noble and chivalrous. What the fuck happened, lads? Whither the Meta?

[spongebobstoes → FLeXMurphy]

this is a type of false equivalency. the comments you read earlier were likely left by different people

the whiplash can be jarring, but it's important to remember that the commentariat are many individuals, not a single entity you can agree or disagree with

[user102030 → spongebobstoes]

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Goomba_fallacy

[FLeXMurphy → spongebobstoes]

There is no false equivalency with the upvote button.

[dylan604 → FLeXMurphy]

Who, what, when, where were people praising Meta? I don't live in that bubble

[FLeXMurphy → dylan604]

It was the usual wankery about them supporting open source AI.