2045: Social Media Announcement - Revision history

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ProphetZarquon: /* Explanation */ the Facebook+CambridgeAnalytica scandal has its own page now; #privacy link was broken

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‎Explanation: the Facebook+CambridgeAnalytica scandal has its own page now; #privacy link was broken

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 ==Trivia==
-In the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180912082327/https://xkcd.com/ original version of this comic], Cueball misspelled "Mastodon" as "Mastadon".
+In the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/3/3f/20180913175338%21social_media_announcement.png original version of this comic], Cueball misspelled "Mastodon" as "Mastadon".
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 ==Trivia==
-In the original version of this comic, Cueball misspelled "Mastodon" as "Mastadon".
+In the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180912082327/https://xkcd.com/ original version of this comic], Cueball misspelled "Mastodon" as "Mastadon".
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 In 2018, especially after {{w|Facebook}} privacy abuses were revealed in the {{w|Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal|Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal}}, many individuals began seeking alternatives. The #deletefacebook hashtag peaked around April 2018, and in some communities, this type of "why I'm leaving Facebook" announcements were popular. Randall parodies this mentality with Cueball, who wants to think he is making a point about standing by his values, values he assumes other people share. However the overly-long title of his manifesto is too specific to apply to anyone but himself, and also reveal a few embarrassing confessions that probably have nothing to do with his values (such as losing his Facebook password).
-{{w|Mastodon (software)|Mastodon}} is a distributed, federated social network with  microblogging features similar to {{w|Twitter}}. "Federated" means that there is one app hosted in many places, so users can choose a host that meets their needs, but everyone can still talk to each other, similar to email. Near the peak of #deletefacebook, Mastodon became trending as a [https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/783akg/mastodon-is-like-twitter-without-nazis-so-why-are-we-not-using-it Twitter alternative with less Nazis].
+{{w|Mastodon (software)|Mastodon}} is a distributed, federated social network with  microblogging features similar to {{w|Twitter}}. "Federated" means that there is one app hosted in many places, so users can choose a host that meets their needs, but everyone can still talk to each other, similar to email. Near the peak of #deletefacebook, Mastodon became trending as a [https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/783akg/mastodon-is-like-twitter-without-nazis-so-why-are-we-not-using-it Twitter alternative with less Nazis]. {{w|Wil Wheaton}} famously moved to Mastodon from Twitter, [https://news.avclub.com/wil-wheaton-on-quitting-social-media-i-don-t-deserve-1828743467 but was ultimately disappointed by the experience], because while Mastodon's community is generally less toxic, it does not yet have the tools to handle the kind of targeted harassment that a celebrity might face.
 {{w|Microsoft}} has been buying up professional-themed social media platforms lately, such as {{w|LinkedIn}} and {{w|GitHub}}, intending to integrate them more fluidly with their enterprise software suite. Mastodon seems  an unlikely target for an acquisition, since its decentralized nature means that one corporate entity can't control it, and the culture there is decidedly unprofessional as of this comic.

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 In 2018, especially after {{w|Facebook}} privacy abuses were revealed in the {{w|Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal|Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal}}, many individuals began seeking alternatives. The #deletefacebook hashtag peaked around April 2018, and in some communities, this type of "why I'm leaving Facebook" announcements were popular. Randall parodies this mentality with Cueball, who wants to think he is making a point about standing by his values, values he assumes other people share. However the overly-long title of his manifesto is too specific to apply to anyone but himself, and also reveal a few embarrassing confessions that probably have nothing to do with his values (such as losing his Facebook password).
-{{w|Mastodon (software)|Mastodon}} is a distributed, federated social network with  microblogging features similar to {{w|Twitter}}. "Federated" means that there is one app hosted in many places, so users can choose a host that meets their needs, but everyone can still talk to each other, similar to email. Near the peak of #deletefacebook, mastodon became trending as a [https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/783akg/mastodon-is-like-twitter-without-nazis-so-why-are-we-not-using-it twitter alternative with less nazis].
+{{w|Mastodon (software)|Mastodon}} is a distributed, federated social network with  microblogging features similar to {{w|Twitter}}. "Federated" means that there is one app hosted in many places, so users can choose a host that meets their needs, but everyone can still talk to each other, similar to email. Near the peak of #deletefacebook, Mastodon became trending as a [https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/783akg/mastodon-is-like-twitter-without-nazis-so-why-are-we-not-using-it Twitter alternative with less Nazis].
 {{w|Wil Wheaton}} famously moved to Mastodon from Twitter, [https://news.avclub.com/wil-wheaton-on-quitting-social-media-i-don-t-deserve-1828743467 but was ultimately disappointed by the experience], because while Mastodon's community is generally less toxic, it does not yet have the tools to handle the kind of targeted harassment that a celebrity might face.

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 ==Explanation==
-In 2018, especially after {{w|Facebook}} privacy abuses were revealed in the {{w|Cambridge_Analytica#Privacy_issues|Cambridge Analytica scandal}}, many individuals began seeking alternatives. The #deletefacebook hashtag peaked around April 2018, and in some communities, this type of "why I'm leaving Facebook" announcements were popular. Randall parodies this mentality with Cueball, who wants to think he is making a point about standing by his values, values he assumes other people share. However the overly-long title of his manifesto is too specific to apply to anyone but himself, and also reveal a few embarrassing confessions that probably have nothing to do with his values (such as losing his Facebook password).
+In 2018, especially after {{w|Facebook}} privacy abuses were revealed in the {{w|Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal|Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal}}, many individuals began seeking alternatives. The #deletefacebook hashtag peaked around April 2018, and in some communities, this type of "why I'm leaving Facebook" announcements were popular. Randall parodies this mentality with Cueball, who wants to think he is making a point about standing by his values, values he assumes other people share. However the overly-long title of his manifesto is too specific to apply to anyone but himself, and also reveal a few embarrassing confessions that probably have nothing to do with his values (such as losing his Facebook password).
 {{w|Mastodon (software)|Mastodon}} is a distributed, federated social network with  microblogging features similar to {{w|Twitter}}. "Federated" means that there is one app hosted in many places, so users can choose a host that meets their needs, but everyone can still talk to each other, similar to email. Near the peak of #deletefacebook, mastodon became trending as a [https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/783akg/mastodon-is-like-twitter-without-nazis-so-why-are-we-not-using-it twitter alternative with less nazis].

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