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Maybe don't let Muse run your Facebook Marketplace account

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someonebaggy · 1790584284 · focus · HN ↗
we need a Nitter for Threads
apparently people use Threads. I suppose the same kind of people who connect Muse to Facebook Marketplace.
1. embedding-shape · 1790584556 · focus · HN ↗
  I initially found screenshots of this on Bluesky, figured I'd link to the original source given Threads seems to at least allow us to read without logging in.
  With that said, in case Threads isn't available for whatever reason, I've uploaded screenshots of everything (I think?) here: <a href="https://imgur.com/a/mceW9WF" rel="nofollow">https://imgur.com/a/mceW9WF
  1. pluc · 1790588520 · focus · HN ↗
    Mastodon's dependence on screenshots from other social networks is infuriating, enough that I left Mastodon altogether. Screenshots are text, they can be doctored in 15 seconds. Screenshots in the age of AI are utterly useless.
    someonebaggy · 1790590221 · focus · HN ↗
    This reads as anti-mastodon propaganda tbh. You never heard of Inspect Element, or saw screenshots of twitter on reddit and vice versa?
    mort96 · 1790590835 · focus · HN ↗
    Yeah the AI part of their post is stupid, but they're right; screenshots can be easily faked (through e.g inspect element), so if your social media feed is mostly screenshots from other social media, you're at a relatively high risk of seeing fake posts. On the other hand you can't fake the content of a post or repost or the quoted content of a quote post, so if your feed contains only non-screenshot content you can be relatively certain that the content you're seeing is genuine.
    I've never had that problem on Mastodon, but I can see how it could be annoying if you follow a lot of people who mainly post screenshots of people's posts from other social media sites. Though you could solve that problem by unfollowing those people...
    someonebaggy · 1790597312 · focus · HN ↗
    Also note your Mastodon feed is the people you follow, so you can just not follow people who post fake screenshots.
    pluc · 1790605334 · focus · HN ↗
    I'm aware, but the practice is widespread is what I'm saying - even in the cybersecurity space.

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