annadane

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by annadane 3y ago
I laughed
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by annadane 3y ago
They sold it under the condition he wouldn't lie, it was a condition for him to have it, and he lied
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by annadane 3y ago
Yes but the original founders did that. Zuckerberg took it from them and immediately lied about data sharing, there's a reason why the founders left in disgust
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by annadane 3y ago
The problem with Facebook's products always comes down to one overriding fact, Zuckerberg's desire to win over everybody else; he's constantly been accused of stealing from people, it's not a surprise everything he owns
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by annadane 3y ago
Sure, network effects are hard to overcome; my point is that Zuckerberg bought it as a competition killing move so they're not likely to put any quality control into it
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by annadane 3y ago
But why would anyone use Whatsapp after the Onavo stuff?
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by annadane 3y ago
I think people are missing the point when they call Metaverse a 'misstep' because it implies Zuckerberg was a good actor who just happened to get this one thing wrong... if you look through his history of things like forced Whatsa
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by annadane 4y ago
My first impression of this is literally "So, maybe a good idea, but isn't this Zuckerberg just copying yet another person like he's always done forever?"
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by annadane 4y ago
He's not high, he's been treating people like contempt ever since Harvard, this isn't new
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by annadane 4y ago
Forcing a mandatory Facebook account is "doing an ok job"...?
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by annadane 4y ago
Lots of suspiciously downvoted comments here.
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by annadane 4y ago
The thing is, I wouldn't want to use Whatsapp considering how Facebook got it: spy on people with Onavo and then basically pressure the original founders out of the company, and then do stuff like https://news.ycombinator.co
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by annadane 4y ago
And I bet if it was only Apple's iOS changes they would be fine, but that combined with Zuck's Metaverse obsession is dragging them under
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by annadane 4y ago
But given his history of acquiring the product he has no right to talk; what he did is blatantly criminal
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by annadane 4y ago
lol. Zuck, you spied on people with Onavo and kicked Acton and Koum out of the company, you have no moral standing whatsoever
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by annadane 4y ago
A lot of websites are like this for products, it makes it really tedious to navigate
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by annadane 4y ago
Is this Moxie's decision?
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by annadane 4y ago
Google has a lot of failures of their own but they seem at least semi-committed to an open internet (with actual ethical standards), something I can't exactly say for Zuckerberg
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by annadane 4y ago
And yet Meta was involved with things like Free Basics, or forcing the Oculus account with a bait and switch, and repeatedly lying about Whatsapp - but I'm sure this Instagram thing is much worse, somehow
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by annadane 4y ago
Yeah, but specifically Zuckerberg. He's never cared about other people
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by annadane 4y ago
I'm seeing a few posts here that basically they have to do this because it's an ad service, it's for shareholders, etc. When are we going to blame Zuck and his unique brand of dishonesty and lying to everyone? They've mi
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by annadane 4y ago
Or legally required to provide a chronological feed, which even logged-in users don't get
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by annadane 4y ago
Incentive? How about "don't be monopolistic assholes"?
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by annadane 4y ago
Take down some of the most egregious pages and disinformation? No, we (Facebook/Meta) will waste our time shutting down anything remotely challenging to our monstrosity we're trying to conquer the world with (see also: shutting do
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by annadane 4y ago
It's really simple. All Zuckerberg has to do is drop the "dominate everyone" facade. But I think he's incapable of doing that
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by annadane 4y ago
> unless someone figures out how to do it with e-mail, which is basically the only other thing that everyone also has Which they've also hijacked... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4151433
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by annadane 4y ago
They don't even care about their advertisers, they knowingly perpetrate click fraud (and lying about video metrics). They don't care. Because Zuck doesn't care, he has contempt for everybody, advertisers and users alike
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by annadane 4y ago
I have nothing to add to this comment other than to say your dog is very cute
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by annadane 4y ago
I agree with you. For most people 'just don't use it' simply is not an option. We just have to hope Mark Zuckerberg gets removed or the proper regulation gets introduced to make the platform better
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by annadane 4y ago
Only Mark Zuckerberg could possibly announce with a straight face (without apologizing for having made a Facebook login mandatory previously) this, as if he's doing us a favor. The man is a narcissist and megalomaniac

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