Freaking hypocrites.
Elon Musk and Cher, in response to the Cambridge Analytica–Facebook brouhaha, deleted their Facebook pages:
Elon Musk nukes Tesla, SpaceX Facebook pages. Cher pulls the plug, too https://t.co/W9lhhz2n84 via @usatoday
— Maryann Struman (@mastruman) March 23, 2018
For Musk it was easy because he didn’t know his companies even had a Facebook page:
I didn’t realize there was one. Will do.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 23, 2018
But for Cher, it was harder:
2day I did something VERY HARD 4 me.Facebook has helped me with my Charity, &there are amazing young Ppl there.I have a special friend (Lauren)who I Respect & Admire,but today I deleted my Facebook account .
I Love My????.
I Believe….There are Things MORE”IMPORTANT”THAN??— Cher (@cher) March 21, 2018
Well, it’s pretty easy to give something up — like Facebook — if you have another social media platform to use — like Instagram, which just happens to be owned by Facebook.
Musk thinks Instagram is OK even though it’s a Zuckerberg enterprise:
Instagram’s probably ok imo, so long as it stays fairly independent. I don’t use FB & never have, so don’t think I’m some kind of martyr or my companies are taking a huge blow. Also, we don’t advertise or pay for endorsements, so … don’t care.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 23, 2018
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It also might have something to do with SpaceX’s 3 million Instagram followers and Tesla’s 4 million Instagram followers and that he uses the company to promote his endeavours.
We’re not sure if Cher knows that Instagram is owned by evil Facebook, but here she is using Instagram (764,000 followers) while on a private jet on her way to the March For Our Lives in DC:
Take’n off. Pauli doing her two fave things….. Instagram & Talking pic.twitter.com/pjbvENFo1q
— Cher (@cher) March 23, 2018
Guys … deleting Facebook to punish Facebook doesn’t count if you just give Facebook more business.
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