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Facebook founder called trusting users dumb fucks

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Re: Facebook founder called trusting users dumb fucks

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Jokingly, at 19, when referring to a project so much smaller than Facebook that it was really a different thing. Whatever you think about Facebook's privacy policies, this particular quote doesn't prove much. This post is an instance of linkbait meets lynchmob. I think we'll let that predictable conversation happen elsewhere.

I agree on it not meaning much but let's not kid ourselves either. If you even joke about people being stupid for putting their trust in you than you probably aren't trustworthy. I had access to a pretty significant amount of user data when I was 19 too and I would have never joked about revealing it.

Re: Facebook founder called trusting users dumb fucks

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post #8

Jokingly, at 19, when referring to a project so much smaller than Facebook that it was really a different thing. Whatever you think about Facebook's privacy policies, this particular quote doesn't prove much. This post is an instance of linkbait meets lynchmob. I think we'll let that predictable conversation happen elsewhere.

I agree on it not meaning much but let's not kid ourselves either. If you even joke about people being stupid for putting their trust in you than you probably aren't trustworthy. I had access to a pretty significant amount of user data when I was 19 too and I would have never joked about revealing it.

Really? I can excuse just about anything if it's really a joke. I would so not want to be held accountable for the literal meaning of my friends' and my typical banter.

Re: Facebook founder called trusting users dumb fucks

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I see two basic truths here that make this comment seem irrelevant to me... 1. Users shouldn't put anything into Facebook that they wouldn't be willing to make public. Because even if Facebook never betrays your trust someone in your circle of friends surely could (Ever have a former lover turn into an enemy after a breakup?) 2. I don't doubt Zuckerberg still feels this way but it doesn't really matter. Because regar…

It always bugs me when people say stuff like this. Should you never say anything private in email or SMS? This position is untenable. The issue is that the institution is giving away your info not some ex girl friend.
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