Quotes tagged ‘Facebook’

“But as a person who came of age posting blurry college party photos to Facebook (decidedly not meta), the rebrand is too delicious an opportunity for commentary to pass up.”

— Emma Specter, vogue.com

“65 percent of “anti-vaccine content” on Facebook and Twitter originated from twelve influencers within the anti-vaxxer movement.”

— Matt Binder, mashable.com

“Facebook says that since 2018 it has invested $600 million to support journalism and recently said it plans to invest $1 billion in news over the next three years.”

— Todd Spangler, variety.com

“Feminism does not mean all haircuts are good.”

— Roxane Gay, twitter.com

“My phone — which was sitting on the table between us — had been listening to our entire conversation.”

— January Nelson, thoughtcatalog.com

“Wichita: [playing Monopoly] Ooh! Free parking... Little Rock: Yeah. Wichita: —which coincidentally is the best thing about Zombieland. Columbus: You want to know the best thing about Z-land? No—no Facebook status updates. You know, Rob Curtis is gearing up for Friday. Who cares? Tallahassee: The bes…”

— Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Tallahassee, Woody Harrelson, imdb.com

“Facebook’s foray into the dating app world feels like something that should’ve happened a decade ago. Alas, Facebook lagged on this one, and now it has finally rolled out a product to compete with eHarmony, Match.com, and countless other dating sites and apps.”

— Jeff Edelstein, civicscience.com

“And I believe in God. I really do, man. There's too many signs. Like, one time this girl texted me two minutes after I jerked off to her Facebook photo. We didn't talk for months, and then out of nowhere, she texted me 'Sup?' Like, you're gonna tell me this shit isn't all connected.”

— Ryan Welch, Ari Katcher, Ramy Youssef, Ramy, Ramy Youssef, imdb.com

“The new feature will appear as a new tab on their mobile app, allowing people 18 years or older to use the free service if they want to.”

— Alicia Barron, BuzzFeed, buzzfeed.com

“After Mark's congressional testimony last year, there should have been calls for him to truly reckon with his mistakes. We are a nation with a tradition of reining in monopolies, no matter how well intentioned the leaders of these companies may be.”

— Chris Hughes, AIMEE PICCHI, cbsnews.com

“Before you meet with people in person, you have to make an online presence first. Why? That’s just the way things are nowadays. We’re in the future, kids. It’s all happening.”

— The Hub , H Collective, thehhub.com

“While Facebook had previously taken partial action against Jones, he and other extremists found a welcome home on Instagram, where they garnered hundreds of thousands of followers, making the platform fertile ground for conspiracy theories, misinformation, and extremist thought.”

— Taylor Lorenz, theatlantic.com

“I just can't hold a conversation with someone who thinks what she reads in a Facebook comment is actually news.”

— Carole, Herself, Carole, imdb.com

“What happens when Instagram glitches or Slack stalls, and we snap out of our Very Online existence? Spoiler: Research shows that we don’t log off. We just scurry off to different (sometimes darker) corners of the web.”

— Louise Matsakis, wired.com

“Facebook wants creators to use its platform to drive subscriptions, but some creators aren’t biting.”

— Kerry Flynn, digiday.com

“Critics say the companies are monetizing our attention, mishandling our data and profiting from our children. They've concentrated too much economic power. They're shaping our society in ways we don't fully understand yet.”

— Lulu Garcia-Navarro, npr.org

“Companies like Facebook should not be allowed to behave like 'digital gangsters' in the online world, considering themselves to be ahead of and beyond the law”

— Jon Brodkin, Parliament, arstechnica.com

“These results prove the resilience of the core Facebook platform.”

— Christopher Rossbach, bloomberg.com

“In other words, thanks to this meme, there’s now a very large dataset of carefully curated photos of people from roughly 10 years ago and now.”

— Kate O'Neill, wired.com

“It's about time we take a collective stand against the egregious behavior of Facebook. Every time these sorts of stories surface they assure us that they are 'trying harder'... enough is enough. I will be advising clients to stay off the platform entirely — hopefully, when they feel the pain of lost…”

— Mat Baxter, adage.com