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You base this off what? We really live in a post truth society where innocent asks for evidence supporting a claim are discouraged. I am not saying it stolen,
by amazingamazing 7d ago
You base this off what? We really live in a post truth society where innocent asks for evidence supporting a claim are discouraged.
I am not saying it stolen, merely asking if there is any proof it was bought. And no, “oCcAms rAZOr” is not evidence.
- lazyasciiart 7d agoKnowing that people are willing to exchange social handles for money.
- edoceo 7d agoMany times that's against the TOS? And the names/handles belong to the site not the user anyway. I've seen these deals happen too.
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- csallen 7d agoThis comment and others like it are wild to me. Since when was the default to assume malicious activity and victimization, and then to ask for proof otherwise? Obviously we should do the reverse. There should be evidence of theft rather than assuming theft as the baseline. For starters, if the band's handles were taken non-consensually, then the least we should expect is a public complaint from said band. This is doubly true in a world where social media handles are routinely bought, sold, and traded. And triply true where the supposed victim of this crime is an incredibly popular group of people with an extremely massive platform, and it's 99.9999% likely that Meta knew this going in.
- lrvick 7d agoWhen a company is known for being malicious by default, to the point of knowingly covering up their ongoing and extensive contributions to teen suicides, it is not unreasonable for people to expect they would steal social media accounts to suit their interests. They are pure unadulterated evil. They are guilty until proven innocent at this point.
- csallen 7d agoI disagree, this is an unreasonable and almost certainly incorrect thing to assume happened in this case. The fact that one hates XYZ is not a good reason to turn one's brain off and lose the ability to think rationally about XYZ. In fact, I would argue that there's never a good reason to turn one's brain off and lose the ability to think even moderately intelligently.
- lrvick 7d agoI am agreeing it is unlikely it was actually malicious, but it is Meta and they deserve no charity. If it is even a small possibility they did the evil thing, we should all operate on the assumption they did the evil thing anyway until proven innocent. I hope all the non charitable assumptions they deserve snowball enough to hurt them. May their stock price burn in hell.
- csallen 6d agoI really really really really REALLY don't like this way of thinking, and I hope that fewer and fewer people adopt it.
- snapetom 7d agoGood lord. Please use logic and Occam's Razor this. Muse is a platinum album winning band that's got 10 albums over 20 years. If this was stolen, they (and their label) would be raising hell.
- thesmtsolver2 7d agoThat’s not how either logic or justice work.
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- nosioptar 7d agoIt became the default due to how Facebook behaves. If facebook employees even occasionally acted like human beings with an ounce of decency, it might be worth not assuming they're evil sacks of shit.
- Waterluvian 7d agoProbably nothing. But Meta throwing a boatload of money at Muse is probably cheaper and easier than being evil about it. The problem is, it’s Meta. And like the scorpion said to the frog, “I can’t help it. It’s my nature.”
- bradly 7d agoThis is from an app the was also named Muse: > An opportunity came up regarding the Muse name and trademarks. These have now been sold, so I need to move the app to a new name. Nothing else about the company, the app, your account, or your data has changed. From https://allume.com/allume-faq/ https://allume.com/allume-faq/
- sippingabonedry 7d agoWell in a decent society you can't take things that aren't yours. Nobody using Muse the tool knows or gives a fuck who Muse the band is, the band itself is twice their age. At 32 years a band is reaching Spinal Tap stage and they could probably use the cash. Occam's razor and all that.
- csallen 7d ago> Nobody using Muse the tool knows or gives a fuck who Muse the band is, the band itself is twice their age. Muse is incredibly popular. They're in the middle of a tour right now, too. Just saw them live two weekends ago. I'm sure there are tons of people who both listen to Muse and will use Muse the AI tool. I'm sure that's true for many of the AI tool's creators, too.
- nzeid 7d agoTalk about sour grapes. Muse remains ridiculously popular and I will bet my bank account that there are more Muse fans than slop enthusiasts.
- mattgreenrocks 7d agoThe irony of a highly talented band that have been actually doing the work for over twenty years being pushed aside to make room for Meta's model that promises you won't have to actually do the work.
- nosioptar 7d agoI listened to the Beatles growing up, despite them being much more thab twice my age. I have younger relatives that love Muse (and Spinal Tap). Before today, I'd never heard of the muse app that chanhed it's name.
- sippingabonedry 7d agoThen you would know about the trademark beef the Beatles had with Apple for years.
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- vmg12 7d agomy reason for believing they were paid is that the band has not been making a stink about it
- rconti 7d agoThe fact that the band changed their handles months ago and haven't complained? Occam's razor, man.