Zuckerberg in Lagos Land
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Zuckerberg in Lagos Land
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Re: Zuckerberg in Lagos Land
#2Bejesus... what a knob!
I'm honestly not sure what to think of this... it looks some kind of really cringey equal opportunities ad, and one more than plainly paid for by Facebook/Free Basics.
> 'Between Zuckerberg and the Nigerian developers, it’s hard to tell who is a bigger fan of whom.'
Christ, I think I'm going to vomit...
Oh, and it's 'Lagos' not 'Legos' in 'At a Legos town hall style event Zuckerberg' /pedant
Re: Zuckerberg in Lagos Land
#3This reads like a PR article that Zuckerberg paid to have written.
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#4They should elect him president. I doubt most of the people running the place have walked those roads or visited the start up hub
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#5This reads like a PR article that Zuckerberg paid to have written.
Am I the only naive one who's digested this article at face value? I mean he's providing a service an encouraging the denizens to build upon it. WTF is wrong with that?
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#6This reads like a PR article that Zuckerberg paid to have written.
Am I the only naive one who's digested this article at face value? I mean he's providing a service an encouraging the denizens to build upon it. WTF is wrong with that?
Not sure if we're reading the same article?!
To me this reads like a PR puff piece commissioned by the minions of an ego-maniac.
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#7This reads like a PR article that Zuckerberg paid to have written.
Am I the only naive one who's digested this article at face value? I mean he's providing a service an encouraging the denizens to build upon it. WTF is wrong with that?
The very first picture looks like something on the front of tabloid?
Hey, it's me, Mark, just taking a stroll with my two cool Nigerian friends...
It's a mix between tabloid journalism, pr puff piece, great man narrative, and a new brand of American imperialism. It's shameless in its portrayal of these poor hard-working people as having their lives made better by Zuckerberg showing up saying "awesome" and doing a very public tour which boosts his brand.
Other people do this stuff, but they don't get this kind of attention.
You can't take anything Facebook, Google, or a number of the other big social media giants do at face value anymore. Check out their backgrounds, the politicians they are very chummy with, and what they censor. Business is war and the American social media giants need footholds in the 3rd world if they are going to combat the Chinese, etc.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Am I the only naive one who's digested this article at face value? I mean he's providing a service an encouraging the denizens to build upon it. WTF is wrong with that?
The very first picture looks like something on the front of tabloid? Hey, it's me, Mark, just taking a stroll with my two cool Nigerian friends... It's a mix between tabloid journalism, pr puff piece, great man narrative, and a new brand of American imperialism. It's shameless in its portrayal of these poor hard-working people as having their lives made better by Zuckerberg showing up saying "awesome" and doing a ver…
It's not just me then. I realise I'm being shadow-banned for some of my comments on this piece (quite unfairly :(, but this article really is quite embarrassing...
Re: Zuckerberg in Lagos Land
#9This reads like a PR article that Zuckerberg paid to have written.
I think it's more likely just horribly uncritical fluff "journalism", which is supported by the rest of their site.
Re: Zuckerberg in Lagos Land
#10Call him "Zuck" as many times as you like, show him in hoodies, or in Africa... that's one man who's far too much of a known quantity for anyone with half a brain to buy the spin.