Mark Zuckerberg Refuses to Admit How Facebook Works
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Mark Zuckerberg Refuses to Admit How Facebook Works
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Re: Mark Zuckerberg Refuses to Admit How Facebook Works
#2Is that so surprising? You're asking him to talk about the one thing that makes Facebook a viable revenue generator. I also feel like the use of "admit" in the headline is disingenuous.
I have zero expertise in this field but my intuition is that Facebook runs on an incredibly sensitive business model. Like an animal specialised to a specific biome. Adjust the conditions a bit and it might perish in a few generations. Meaningful legislative change to data collection or advertising laws might out them at risk.
Re: Mark Zuckerberg Refuses to Admit How Facebook Works
#3Is that so surprising? You're asking him to talk about the one thing that makes Facebook a viable revenue generator. I also feel like the use of "admit" in the headline is disingenuous. I have zero expertise in this field but my intuition is that Facebook runs on an incredibly sensitive business model. Like an animal specialised to a specific biome. Adjust the conditions a bit and it might perish in a few generations…
Well, yes that is surprising. I can't think of any other CEO who would have even the slightest problem talking about their revenue generation capabilities.
Re: Mark Zuckerberg Refuses to Admit How Facebook Works
#4I think the questions were also horrible. Watching two days of testimony it seemed only Congresswoman Dingell from Michigan had any grasp of how tracking technology works.
My big takeaway is that we need more engineers in congress.
Re: Mark Zuckerberg Refuses to Admit How Facebook Works
#5> Zuckerberg claimed not to know what "shadow profiles" are
Did he really claim outright to not know what they are? Anyone have that quote from the testimony?
Re: Mark Zuckerberg Refuses to Admit How Facebook Works
#6Does he just have some cognitive dissonance, is he covering up, or does he really not understand how his business operates?
I used to say to our audiences: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"
-Upton Sinclair
Re: Mark Zuckerberg Refuses to Admit How Facebook Works
#7Here's how Zuckerberg's testimony works:
1. When he says he doesn't know, he actually knows.
2. When he says he knows, and that the answer is "more AI," he doesn't actually know.
Re: Mark Zuckerberg Refuses to Admit How Facebook Works
#8Does he just have some cognitive dissonance, is he covering up, or does he really not understand how his business operates? I used to say to our audiences: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" -Upton Sinclair
> Does he just have some cognitive dissonance, is he covering up, or does he really not understand how his business operates?
He's covering up. He has an history of doing that.
Re: Mark Zuckerberg Refuses to Admit How Facebook Works
#9> Zuckerberg claimed not to know what "shadow profiles" are Did he really claim outright to not know what they are? Anyone have that quote from the testimony?
I do recall hearing live that he said he wasn't familiar with the term "shadow profiles." This may have been honest, I hadn't heard it before this hearing either, but then again I'm not the CEO of Facebook, so his answer is certainly troubling
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