cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/70229482

Instagram takes down a Vancouver strip club’s account due to a sign saying:

CANT HANDLE A POOL BUT WANTS OUR LAKE?

Previously they were suspended from X/twitter for a sign saying:

FOREVER NEIGHBOURS NEVER NEIGHBORS

Some large Social Media companies are quick to censor benign funny messages.

  • late183@lemmy.ca
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    9 days ago

    Well f their social media! Stop using American Social media. See how long it takes before they change their tone.

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      10 days ago

      I’m on the verge of fear by an administration that cancels a foreign account posting a non-violent joke… is this a control state?

      • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.world
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        10 days ago

        Yeah this one is extremely bizarre and not at all what I’d expect. Was the post mass reported? Did they have some excuse because it was a strip joint? Because it was in Canada?

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          the only thing i can think of that makes any amount of sense, is that comments on the image veered off into ‘prohibited content’. zuck’s knee jerked and hit the ban button. this account probably wasn’t the only one affected then, either.

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    I wish this was big enough news for people to stop using US software. Probably won’t be tho…

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      9 days ago

      It happens slowly at first and then all at once. I know it’s hard to believe, but things do change. It just takes some time for the smell of America shitting itself harder than its Dear Leader to propagate and turn everyone’s stomach. But give it time, we’ve never shit ourselves this hard before, I think this might be the death shit.

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      It’s almost like people have been trained to accept special interests writing the narrative.

        • some_designer_dude@lemmy.world
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          9 days ago

          Boycotting worked a whole lot better when markets weren’t global. It’s also just not going to affect the rich in any material way. Their servants will bear the burden of lower sales and be forced to push harder in other markets.

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            I disagree, let’s say Netflix looses 50% Canadian Market or McDonals looses half the customers as a direct result of boycotting. They won’t want to affect policy change, it won’t affect their bottom lines? What If people from other countries follow the example? That would also spur now investment into domestic market to spur new companies to replace those services . Loblaws and the likes started shutting their pants when Loblaws out of control Sub made news.

            I’d rather do something than just talk on an online forum.

            • some_designer_dude@lemmy.world
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              9 days ago

              A boycott of 50% is as unlikely as 100%. People eating regularly at McDonald’s aren’t in a position to just stop eating at McDonald’s all the time. Boycotts sound nice. I get it. They just don’t work.

              • late183@lemmy.ca
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                9 days ago

                Well unlikely and do not work are two ifferent things. They will work if an effort is made.

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      9 days ago

      I did as soon as Trump said 51st state the first time. Reddit was the last thing. Switched to Lemmy after the annexation attempt disguised as trade deal.