Now That Social Media Is Run By Trump-Aligned Billionaires, Will People Delete It? | The Daily Show
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- Now that Trump-aligned billionaires run various social media platforms, Grace Kuhlenschmidt asks New Yorkers if they will finally delete their apps. #DailyShow #SocialMedia #Trump #Apps
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Down to just TH-cam…wish there was a non-Google alternative!
Zuck bought TH-cam
@@MaxBSchmidt amen brother
There will be time when you will not have courage to open you tube our content is getting millions of views lunching new anti woke channel every second earning lot of money im thinking leaving school starting you tube like Andrew tate😂
Bluesky and soon they will be launching video feeds like tik tok.
Ooh like that
I deleted my FaceBook and Instagram accounts during the Los Angeles fires - the absolute storm of misinformation and conspiracy theories about my home burning was too much. And while I do feel better not having those apps in my life, I miss it too. I had my FB account for 18 years. They were one of the few ways to keep members of my family updated on my children and our lives. It was how I stayed alert to local events and donated to local food banks and clothing drives.
I don’t miss the addictive feeling of NEEDING to check, but I miss the community I spent almost a lifetime building. It’s so strange.
Same..i deleted DECADES of memories of my children when i permanently deleted my FB account. I kind of wanted to go back and save some of the images, but it would have taken forever.
Your addiction won't last, as you find there are so many things to fill your life in a far more joyful way.
I guess I was on FB 18 years. It was brand new when I joined.
It was fun when family started showing up ~ distant cousins, met their children/grandkids. Florida hurricanes, was able to get first hand reports.
Was great seeing instant birth notices, photos from delivery room; vs: years go, might take weeks to see a newborn photo.
But I do not miss it ~ too many MAGAs among my "friends."
Let's rebuild all the communities over on BlueSky!
@ that was my experience. After a few days I started feeling better
Deleting the downloaded app on a phone is a fine, performative step, but going through the process of deleting the _actual account_ attached to you is the only way to really follow through that will have any meaningful impact.
its funny, cause i tried to delete my facebook account, and i did it like 15 times and it wont let me.. in the end i just deleted all my content, that was 10 yrs ago. and I dont imagine they have made the process any better!
Dont agree. Apps make money through engagement, not using it mean less ad $$$
Having 500m users does not help them make money.
Also no new users signing up is a red flag for their growth.
They already have your data in their cloud, ready to sell to their next “business partner”
@@TheSharmam You are spot on, I also tried deleting my facebook account. It even said it was deleted via email confirmation, yet my sister let me know that my profile was still active and getting posts. So out of curiosity a while later I logged back in with the old password from before the attempted deletion and everything was exactly as I left it.
In the end the profile really is a snapshot into each person that the government backed company will never get rid of as it's basically a means of spying on the people but though a corporation to bypass the notion of a government being openly "big brother".
The sad part is in the coming four years the reality could be brutal for people of any diverse community who are ousted because they are open about their diversity in social media and how this then alerts the quickly forming maga government to find a way to attack these people in any way possible.
For instance the trump government will likely begin using social media to spot DEI hires and pretend it was a tip-off that lead to the firing rather then a deep dive into social media for that post about getting hired for a job thanks to inclusion based support.
After this comes denying people funding for any number of life changing government schemes because the person is apart of a diverse community like the LGBTQ or any other number of communities that the maga crowd reject for not being aligned with Alt-right Ideology.
So yes the very people using the apps are likely setting themselves up for some tough times in the next four years when Trump looks to weaponize Alt-right hate of everything into the means to take total control for his backers and rig the US political system to do as he boasted pre-election and make it so magas don't need to ever vote again because by that point voting will be a complete joke.
@@TheSharmam I did not have any trouble deleting my Facebook account in in December 2024. I had already removed all my photos.
Everyone should quit social media. mental health would be the first thing to be improved overall
how would therapists get paid then ?
@@TheSharmam Humans are still a problem - therapists were a thing long before social media.
I stopped using everything except TH-cam and Reddit for the last 6 years. My day to day life is soooo much better.
Right-wingers around the world won't quit, it's their best tool for indoctrination.
But do you realise this is our greatest power right after voting right now?
Oops your ablism is showing. For many disabled people, online is the ONLY community they have
deleted my insta and facebook accounts immediately after watching this video. Thanks for the encouragement!
You should be having FOMO for concerts, not social media
I can't afford to go to concerts. But yeah. I'd take that over this - any day.
You must work for Ticketmaster
Eh..... you are half correct.
@@xzcvdfxzc7256 Local concerts with better bands have nothing to do with Ticketmaster.
Go to smaller concerts, not mainstream
I got off Facebook 7 years ago. I got off Tiktok 1.5 years ago. I got off Instagram 6 months ago. I just use TH-cam to watch tv shows like TDS so I don't have to watch forced tv commercials on my tv...
I deleted Facebook in 2012 when my mom joined😅. Never had Instagram. Deleted Twitter account when Elon took over and lost his marbles
So u r stuck with Google
you are addicted to youtube
Ironic when the other comments call you out for being stuck to google, while they too use a google platform to make their observations...
@@Akash__G.h.o.s.h Of the options, that's one of the better ones.
Don't delete the app delete the account
Can't use most apps without an account
Actually if you leave your account unattended, that cost them money to keep 😉
Keeping the acct doesnt matter.
Its not engaging that has real impact.
why not delete everyhtong
@@jena.mw48 I think the idea is to make it harder to rejoin. If you delete the app, all you need to do is download it again-which many do, including one person in the video. Delete the account and it would take YEARS to back to where you were in terms of followers, views, etc. You probably wouldn’t bother to rejoin.
In late December, I stopped using Instagram and Facebook. I have way more time in the day, and don't feel angry/frustrated anymore.
Nobody uses Facebook except Booomers
Thank you for explaining HOW its helped you. Need more of that
Me too! At first I felt like such an addict- anxious and wanting it for like 2 days but after that I've felt great! Actually haven't missed it at all which is shocking to me.
@@TheMemoryPolice All my nieces/nephews are way too young to be boomers. Two daughters, also not boomers, still there; one is quitting soon.
@@TheMemoryPolice False - this is like saying only kids use Roblox. Both not true, not even generally. The primary Facebook audience is 20-24 year old women as of last year. The primary Roblox audience is above 18.
I've only used youtube for about 10 years. Nothing else. I love not being on all the social media platforms.
Are you trying to be ironic or are you really that lacking in self-awareness? How is a website where you create and share video content, interact with people through comments and likes, and build channels and communities around shared interests not a social media platform as well?
@@GIR177
He said "I love not being on all the social media platforms."
Pay attention.
Aren't Google's CEO a Trump sycophant as well?
@surlespasdondinethey only read what they want to read
I don't know what the definition is of a "social networking site", but I've never heard TH-cam counted as one before. Like MOST websites, YT delivers content, with a comment box, but its primary focus is not to link up networks of friends. Furthermore I've used YT since the beginning but never used social networking sites because I find them abhorrent. So YT can't be a social network site as I don't hate it. I do hate the censoring here though. Can't wait for Donald's first free speech legislation to take effect so the public can freely share their opinions. The man is a liberator and a hero.
I deleted my Instagram the other day. It's been a lot better for my mental health.
Same.
Me too I feel great!
I just started using my Instagram daily, after quitting Facebook. They suspended my account ~ I guess I was "trolling" comments.
I did tend to repeat things like the Turkish proverb about the axe/trees/wood.
With the exception of TH-cam, I deleted all my social media last fall. Facebook, Reddit, Instagram, all of it.
I have never felt better.
I really wish Sundar Pichai didn't cave so easily. F Larry Page for being silent as always.
How have you never felt better? I hear this said, but how so? Like do you feel more at peace on the daily...?....
@IdislikeTechnology I really do. I feel less overwhelmed without feeling the need to research every article that comes across my feed for accuracy.
And less informed.
@OsirisIxchel Do you not understand that it's entirely possible to get information without social media? How do you think people stayed informed before it's implementation?
When this kind of addictive behaviour is noticed with anything else, we send people to rehab.
But, with social media, we dont see it as an addiction due to our societal programming. ❤
Quite some time ago I used a third party program to delete all my tweets (it was in advance of the November announcement that all tweets would be fair game for Grok) - and then I ditched twitter altogether. The site was just increasingly fascist AI bots auto-replying to every post, and then arguing with each other for drama.
It's so much nicer being out of that ecosystem.
I did that same thing to my reddit account when had the IPO.
this is why we can't have nice things.
It’s been 9 months since I deleted my social media accounts. One of the best decisions I’ve ever made . Y’all should try it.
Quit most socials years ago.
Same
Except you are here lol.
@FamilyTH-camTV-x6d hence most.
@FamilyTH-camTV-x6d Reading comprehension is hard.
@FamilyTH-camTV-x6dLet me know when Google _requires_ payment to “boost” videos before deciding whether or not subscribers will ever know about them. Welcome to Facebook of 10-years ago.
I haven’t had any Meta apps in about a decade bc I don’t like Zuck AT ALL. I only had TikTok and TH-cam. Then when we got TikTok back and the message popped up praising the supreme leader, I deleted TikTok. F all of them. Like someone else said, I wish there was a non-Google version of TH-cam.
You mean something of the same popularity? There's peertopeertube, Vimeo, dailymotion, Odysee and probably some others
I'm only on X and YT to follow up on Kenya's current affairs cause our news is woefully inadequate and is a mouthpiece for the government
I'm guessing most will complain about it...on social media.
I complain about potholes in the road as I drive thru them
I posit that "social media" doesn't exist. We have anti-social media, where we go to yell at each other.
Aaaaggggghhhhhhh. Fun
Shut up 😂
THANK YOU! I thought I was the only human on earth saying that.
I never joined social media. I knew it would be the downfall of civilization.
TH-cam is part of social media.
you are using it now, fool
You do realize this is social media where you post this, do you?
Me too.
😂🤯yall are straight saying on social media how u don't use social media 🤯
I deleted my Instagram account after the inauguration, asked my friends to send memes via text and my life is better
Deleted Twitter and Facebook years ago. Never missed either. YT no longer gets my money for premium, but for now I'll use it, Reddit and Discord
That was one of Grace’s best segments!
got off social media 5 or 6 years ago, missed it for two minutes, completely changed how I look at the world!
never thought id see a video of people acting like social media is heroine to them.
Where have you been the latest 10 years😂
@Yurt_enthusiast7 lol havent been on x and facebook and bla bla bla.
Its not healthy for you to be on there
@catrickthecat nor have I but everyone talk constantly about it is no suprise that people love/loved it
@@Yurt_enthusiast7 20* years
I left some Facebook groups late last year. Realising how toxic it can be on social media. Then again it offers connection. So torn.
Deleting X was easy.
Never had social media. No Twitter, Facebook, instagram, TikTok NOTHING!! best decision I made for myself in life
I'm with you... YT only, and only for the past 3 years.
Seriously! The market is ripe for a European app right now
Oh no.... have you seen Europe? Race riots in London, Afd in Germany.
Nah thanks , i'll pass my beans in the morning cousin.
Interesting
All the European apps went the way of the dodo and their users moved to Facebook and worse.
Let's face it: competing with big American social media tech companies is not a profitable business. Build your small communities with open source software, it worked before Myspace, and it still works today.
No americunt is gonna go with anything europistan. "Metric system?!" "-screeches in US customary units" And that kids, is how communism was beaten.
As much as I would love that, it's unlikely due to the regulations a european corporation would have to go through.
Yup got off. Don’t miss any of it esp Facebook!
I still have my Facebook account; I just don’t use it as much as I used to.
Never had any of them.
You still use social media...what do you think TH-cam is?
No Facebook, no Instagram, no TikTok, no Snapchat, and absolutely no X
It's not enough to delete the app. You also have to schedule the accounts for deletion, and legacy surveillance media has made that difficult on purpose.
Why isn't Grace Kuhlenschmidt on CNN? She is by far the best reporter.
I agree: she's fabulous!
I wish this really happens. I want to live the days of early 2000s when people actually lived in the real world, went out with friends instead of staying stuck on your phones, living in virtual world.
AirBnB donated a lot to Trump, so yes, you can delete them. Also Uber.
Hard to stop Google and youtube
I'm right there with you but listening to the audiobook "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" By Shoshana Zuboff has got me feeling like going full old school. 🗺📬 and all.
There is not a lot of algorithm bias on YT and google
@@Blake_61636 Quitting social media won't help with the surveillance level of global capitalism. It doesn't get the title 'global capitalism' accidentally. Yes, not all countries are capitalistic officially, but the communist countries are even worse about surveillance and in capitalist countries, it's part of the ethos at this point.
@MrBrock314 The title of the book is "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism." Nothing "global" in the name. Other countries have various restrictions. Many countries have much better laws protecting their citizens' privacy. The US is far too lax in it's laws regulating businesses. Mostly due to lobbyists (and those with deep pockets) representing the interests of the corporations and not the citizens.
@MrBrock314 Is your point that we just roll over and accept it? Do nothing? I wonder then, just whose side are you on?
If you are comparing the laws protecting citizens' rights in the US only to communist countries and the like, then your comparison is highly selective. By focusing only on countries treating their citizens worse, you leave out the countries standing up for their citizens' rights to privacy. We should be setting the standard higher. Not lower. I remember when the US was all for privacy & personal rights. Why have we allowed such encroachment upon our rights?
Delete your social media accounts. Buy local when possible. VOTE with your money.
As soon as I saw Trump brought back TikTok I deleted all social media
Boycott Billionaires
These apps turned into such garbage that it became easier to leave them behind.
I got off Facebook in November I had a feeling Mark Zuckerberg would do a 360 about fact checkers and it looks like I wasn't wrong.
I deleted my Facebook and never had Twitter or Instagram or any other social media. Just downloaded the bluesky to try.
Switch to Bluesky!
Yha that's the only place for you weirdos wait till we also turn thet into anti woke Twitter used to be a lefty liberal app😂
That's a temporary fix. It'll only take someone to offer Bluesky an obscene amount of money, then the problem will start all over again.
@@jeffedwards7960ok.. fair. So… thoughts on what to do? Maybe u can fix this!!!
Bluesky has been constructed in such a way that it's not possible to buy out. It would be like trying to 'buy email' to take it over.
I switched to Bluesky 2 weeks ago and I’m loving it! Initially was a bit hard to find the people I want to connect with but it getting better and better. Also have much better engagement than on IG, and no ads or annoying algorithms to deal with…
Grace is probably the most underrated correspondent from the show
"Do you think the anger is justified?"
I mean, increasingly, it's a challenge to think of circumstances under which anger toward the exorbitantly wealthy and well-healed is _not_ justified.
💯
It’s so peaceful and quiet quitting social media last year 😌
Social media has always been biased, be it countries, continents, some cultures or countries. Especially Facebook. Now they just chose to be brazen and open about it.
I love this! I detoxed and have been clean for one year and 23 days. TH-cam, you the last toxic vice of my life. 😂 But TH-cam also replaced TV, Amazon, and every other streaming service. 🎉 It feel greats!
I deleted my Amazon account. Miss the ease of purchasing, but not enough to join again.
I have mine, but it's more than a year since I last used it. Except I use the "customers who bought this ... " for book recommendations. Then I buy the book elsewhere, or borrow it.
Some people are able to use social media as a tool, but most of us are the tool of social media.
this girl is really funny
These younger generations only know about social media so it is that much harder to quit it. Personally, being a millenial, I don't even use social media enough to care about not using it ever again.
my birthday was last month and the first thing on my wish list I gave my friends was a list of places not to buy stuff from. I followed up with a list of things that could be purchased locally or if it couldn't, I provided a link to where it could be purchased without going to Amazon and a number of other sites that support Trump. I try to encourage people to stay away from Amazon as much as possible. I haven't had facebook or X in years.
I feel like something that's often overlooked in these discussions is how it's not simple or easy for small content creators and small businesses to divest from these platforms.
There are other platforms/alternatives
We have to rethink the paradigm as a people bc this stuff is killing us. I have been in many countries and while they use some of the platforms, you don’t see hordes of people in public spaces glued to their phones or taking endless selfies like Americans do.
0:49 "So just on your way to work then?". Cool though rock your own style, girl!
I'm down to just TH-cam. I only kept Messenger to keep in touch with people who do not have phone numbers that work and even then I do not use it or have it downloaded on my phone.
Grace Kuhlenschmidt is a treasure.
I deactivated my FB and I don’t miss it honestly. Social media is just constant bullying by adults. It’s gross.
This was so inspirational, watching people rise above the struggle !
With the exception of TH-cam, I have *_never_* had any social media accounts - what is the point??? But it is fun (???) to watch these folks struggle to rid themselves of their addiction.
In all seriousness though - I wish you all every success in purging all that nonsense from your lives.
Live free and die well.
I'm loving this comment section... so many more people like me than I would have imagined! Thanks!
@@1midnightfish You are most welcome.
I am always reminded of a passage from a favorite book series. It involves a marital arts master and their student who work for the government as, well, basically assassins who take out "the bad guys." (it was the 70s). They are given a job and will go up against someone who uses poisons. The student remarks to the master:
"We have studied all types of defenses, but never poisons. What is the best defense against poison?"
The master replies: "Do not take them."
😉
@@stephenschroeder6567 😁
Hey really enjoyed this segment!! Brava! 😂😂❤❤😂🎉
I dont use social media except watching videos on TH-cam. But im 42 and grew up outside so technology in general has never been a big interest of mine.
They're mad enough to stay on the apps...
If social media didn't make people constantly angry, they'd probably not feel the need to use it.
Haha ha, how the one young lady whispered x. It's hilarious that people are ashamed to admit that they are on x. Like when you have hemorrhoids and someone asks why you went to see the doctor?😂😂😂
I got FOMO for not being interviewed for this piece . 😮
Deleted FB and IG and drastically reduce the time I spend on youtube, social media stopped appealing to me a long time ago just finally cut the cord.
1:45 What is the point of deleting the app, then a couple of days later reinstalling it to get right back on?
Since 2008 I am free of social media and no problem making true friends and stay attached to reality.
I wish that people can protest by boycotting all social media & Amazon purchases for while to give these people a lesson who are rich because of people
Changed the country which I believed to be great. Now is so dark feels so dark it’s sickening
That was her best segment yet! love it
I've already ditched my Instagram and Reddit, which leaves Tumblr and Bluesky.
Wow. No facebook?
No one ever mentions tumblr and its amazing because theres only a handful of alt right freaks i ever have to block and NO ONE HAS TO CENSOR THEMSELVES
I dont want more people coming tbh. Fine as it is
Bluesky is still centrally controlled; basically just Twitter2.
For an actual change to tamper-resistant communication, we must decentralize.
Try joining a Mastodon group that shares your interests (or launch your own). Don't let companies dictate what you see & discuss!
Very simple Just telephone any advertisers' Customer Service 800 number, and tell them you will never, under any circumstances, EVER buy or use their services. Stay on the social media, just poison the advertiser revenue stream
I actually backed up and deleted my Twitter account before Trump took office in case Musk had any funny ideas of illegally using my data once he got his “department” up and running. I’m kinda bummed because, despite how Twitter turned out, it was fun to interact with some of my favorite voice actors and telling them how much I enjoyed their performances, and it was helpful getting information as quickly as possible compared to other platforms.
I might sign up for Bluesky, but I think I’ll wait a little because who knows if they go the way of Musk too with everyone kissing up to Trump.
So watching people bit^#& and complain about the " other" or superficial bullshi, is Fun? lol my dude that place was a echochamber since it began.
I don't think you'll find many Trump-kissers over there. At least not from what I've seen. There's plenty of trolls that came over from X to yell, but the block feature has been amazing. :)
After all my complaints about makeup making people look ridiculously artificial, I have to say her makeup is just perfect. Please make this a trend, I don't care if you call it corpse paint or something else.
The youth is so strong. They had a great father who teach them how to appreciate things they totally earn to have.
I've never been on any of them (Facebook, Instagram, Tic Toc, Twitter, none of them). Have I been missing something?
🤨 FOMO? Fear Of Missing Out? I mean, you're never gonna be free of _that._ As long as there are people in the world you don't know, that will remain a problem. Don't let _that_ deter you from uninstalling social media apps.
that guy is so sweet
I deleted all American Social media and have been scrolling/posting on XiaoHongShu. And I’m learning Mandarin from native speakers!
The best 🎉❤❤❤❤
I know that they only selected people still using socials for this video, but it's still a bit disheartening to see these people justify still using those social media apps after everything we've seen. :/
They'll only download them again as soon as they're not on camera. 😂
I've tried to quit Phillip Morris for like 30 years.
FLOVE you Grace!
As long as MAGA is in forefront they will not.
I had social media detox for 3 years and it felt great.
It's blaming the little guy. They are complaining about billionaires running the government, not about using the apps
Dear Grace, since few years I choose to stop using social medias except TH-cam and if I compare with some of my friends, I take time to choose what I read or watch and I'm not angry all the time about fake news and propaganda lire they are.
Does facebook messenger count as social media?
Deleted Instagram last week . Haven’t been using Facebook for past 2 years . However I do have TH-cam reddit and WhatsApp as there are no alternatives
Since WhatsApp & other E2E chats can't secure communications over grossly insecure devices with mandated backdoors exploited by malicious third-parties, we might as well just send text messages via VOIP numbers such as Google Voice free service. (Which don't tend to get spam calls/texts, by the way; when my GV rings, I can answer with confidence that it's someone who actually knows me.)
Agreed that StackExchange & Reddit don't really have ready alternatives. PeerTube exists but TH-camrs don't dual-post to it, so most of its content is junk.
Mastodon's federated design is in every meaningful way superior to -'Bluesky'- _Twitter2,_ but corporate media won't discuss decentralization, so here we are.
Oh Boy, I wish I had joined all those anti-social-media apps so I could quit right now.
But I'm on YT only.
I quit FB and Instagram Jan. 21st. I miss them but it's important. Now TH-cam is my only "social" medium.
They are too addicted to the apps to get off of them. This generation doesn’t understand what real protesting is or how to take a real stand and hit the billionaires where it hurts the most…I personally have been off of all social media since 2017, and I love it! TH-cam is my only source
counterpoint: if you stay on the apps, you can tell these guys how much you hate their guts directly
2:56 I can’t delete it because I’m gonna interview more people later and I need it for the bit!
I never liked using social media. Mostly I made accounts because of external reasons, such as my classes need me to register, or game platforms having connections to them. I used Discord for voice chats for games, or to keep in touch with a single creator's schedule. And there's a lot about TH-cam that has faults, such as the endless scourge of sponsors and terrible, sometimes hate-speech-centric advertisements. My Facebook and X accounts have been collecting dust for years.
I just hope some of my old acquaintances that do use those platforms are doing alright, mostly due to old age.
It was liberating getting rid of social media. My friends respected that and if they didn't then they weren't friends. TikTok was a headache, FB was soul draining and is just a platform for adverts and false information.
Why does the daily show cut off the introduction to all of their segments? It’s not as though you’re paying TH-cam for every second of footage you upload.
Racial profiling is another big concern.
I'm off everything except youtube!