Soon people discovered that Meta’s ghoulish posters had been among us for months, even years. There’s Liv, a “Proud black queer momma of 2 & truth-teller,” according to its Instagram profile. Add to that Brian, “everybody’s grandpa;” Jade, “your girl for all things hip-hop;” and Carter, a “relationship coach.” I’m sure there are more yet to be discovered.
All four of these posters have pages on both Facebook and Instagram with mirrored content and all four have post histories that go back to September 26, 2023. The accounts have the blue verified check marks and a label indicating that they’re an AI “managed by Meta.” Users can block them on Facebook, but not on Instagram. Users can also message them across all of Meta’s platforms, including WhatsApp.
That’s what the world was missing, NPCs.
I just wish they were interesting NPCs.
Hey, take what you can get.
I’ll take the guy that says “Welcome to Corneria”. He may not have much to say, but he sounds more sincere at least.
Welcome to Corneria
I like swords.
8-bit theater joke, sorry
I was, of course, refering to the actual Final Fantasy NPC.
not really, that was 100% 8-bit theater too
This all really feels like a desperate attempt to save their dying social networks, just filling their sites with garbage to make it look like they’re not declining
They’re doing it to sell to companies to sell positive opinions and politics from “real” people.
It’s great to see them scramble to do anything of monetary value with their platforms. It only seems to be good for fake news and spreading hate (and remembering birthdays).
Idk, but I don’t really see that Instagram is dying.
“Proud black queer momma of 2 & truth-teller,”
This sounds like a caricature.
This is getting really fucking creepy. I suppose next they’re going to start following and sending private messages because anything is worth it for our precious “engagement”.
