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• @mattyglesias Matthew Yglesias on x

  The LORD has a friend request for all of us. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @fboversight @fboversight on x

  “Facebook is letting religious groups charge users $9.99 per month for exclusive content, such as messages from their bishop” @Hamilbug @BusinessInsider https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...

• @frharrison Fr. Harrison Ayre on x

  The pandemic taught me how useless these means can be, and we haven't actually asked ourselves the more fundamental question: why is it that our first instinct with a problem is a technological solution? Facebook's Next Target: The Religious Experience https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @abierkhatib Abier Khatib on x

  I'm seriously considering starting a religion. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...

• @elizabethjdias Elizabeth Dias on x

  When Hillsong Atlanta opened in June, it had a partner: Facebook. “They are teaching us, we are teaching them,” the pastor told me. He also signed an NDA. That's just the start. Facebook is shaping the future of religious community. Here's how: https://nytimes.com/...

• @benlikestocode Ben Oberkfell on x

  facebook is a place where when you're feeling discouraged or depressed or isolated, you can immediately connect with people who care about you and convince you there's a child trafficking ring operating in the white house basement https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/.…

• @maxkennerly Max Kennerly on x

  🎶 God money let's go dancing on the backs of the bruised🎶 https://twitter.com/...

• @elizabethjdias Elizabeth Dias on x

  What do you make of this brave new world? I'd love to know. Are your religious leaders working with Facebook? Do you know? How is tech/religion playing out in your life? https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @shiraovide Shira Ovide on x

  Fascinating and thoughtful story by @elizabethjdias about Facebook and faith groups. Here's a thought, though. What if Facebook *didn't* make pastors sign non-disclosure agreements for “partners involved in product development.” https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @fugap … Mostly Feral Flight Risk🎠🍕 on x

  @elizabethjdias It's bad enough that churches get that info and it can be used in a way that verges on emotional blackmail, but imagine Facebook having that info on you, even if you didn't volunteer it. Your evangelical granny or auntie or mom of sister or cousin is just so worri…

• @tomsimpsonphd Tom Simpson on x

  @elizabethjdias thank you so much for this reporting...the monumental spiritual challenge for faith leaders is going to be figuring out how to foster spiritual growth on a platform designed to amp up our compulsivity, doubt, fear, rage...to say it's a deal w/the devil doesn't fee…

• @writerguyfromla @writerguyfromla on x

  @elizabethjdias So. Facebook has chosen to become a right wing venue.

• @emilybethhill Dr. Emily Hill on x

  Sooo much stuff in this article. A little Freudian slip at the end by a pastor: “partnering with Facebook, ‘to directly impact & help churches navigate & reach the consumer better’...'Consumer isn't the right word,” he said, correcting himself. 'Reach the parishioner better.'" ht…

• @itsjina Jina Moore on x

  Sharing the Gospel, one NDA at a time https://twitter.com/...

• @terratindle Terra Tindle Williams on x

  It's hard for me to wrap my mind around faith leaders working with a company that has enabled multiple genocides. Lord, have mercy. https://twitter.com/...

• @jeffchu @jeffchu on x

  It's fine! Everything's fine. Nothing to worry about! 😬 https://twitter.com/...

• @notreallyjcm Jennifer C. Martin on x

  Every single time I think American Christianity can't get more fucked up and even more capitalized and politicized for profit by our corporate overlords, I am proven wrong https://twitter.com/...

• @tylerhuckabee Huckabo Burnham on x

  deeply cursed quote “Faith organizations and social media are a natural fit because fundamentally both are about connections.” - Sheryl Sandberg