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It's time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta

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Re: It's time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta

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Post by SweetSoftPillow »

21asdffdsa12 wrote: post #7
throw03172019 wrote: post #2

I’m not sure the next CEO would do any better. The social media craze is built for addiction and that’s their business model. Investors won’t be on board, sadly.

Has there ever be a social media plattform that cheered you on for Self-Improvement? DuoLingo comes to mind or some DIY project- like building a piece of furniture? Just not rewarding flexing, but creating and world improving?

Duolingo has nothing to do with self improvement, it's just a shiny presentation for highly addictive game.

We should reward quality of engagement, not just length of it.

Re: It's time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta

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Post by dumberquestions »

I wonder what's the net value Meta offers for the world today. I had a similar thought about Elon the other day, for all his billions, only several million people use Tesla or Starlink, and SpaceX is cool I guess, but value and wealth don't seem to be strongly coupled. How many Tesla investors have managed to cash out and how many of Facebook's advertisers managed to turn a profit?

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Post by alansaber »

stuaxo wrote: post #6
sznio wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think everyone is infected by doomerism. Why care about the long term consequences if the world is going to be over in the next 20 years.

At the billionaire level that seems to be the case.

Actually, they all seem solely interested in the future. The bunkers are a drop in the bucket for them, so why not?

Re: It's time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta

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Post by shreedx »

herbst wrote: post #13
majorbugger wrote: post #9

Honestly, the world has grown past the need for Meta. I would not cry if it completely shut down, problem is, what will fill the void? It would be nice to have something not controlled by Big American Corporation (or Chinese, or any, for that matter), but somehow I don't see it happening.

What void tho? The majority of people _I know_ below 40 don't use Facebook or any related service at all.

I think you're forgetting that Meta owns Instagram and WhatsApp.

Re: It's time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta

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Post by rich_sasha »

Eh dunno. My impression is that from the PoV of his notional bosses - Meta shareholders - he’s doing everything ”right”. Revenue up, addiction/recurring revenue stable, keeping fines low.

I’d be happy to see Meta gone altogether, but unless I missed the memo, Meta isn’t particularly upset about what it’s been up to (beyond bland press releases).

Re: It's time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta

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Post by dmortin »

herbst wrote: post #13
majorbugger wrote: post #9

Honestly, the world has grown past the need for Meta. I would not cry if it completely shut down, problem is, what will fill the void? It would be nice to have something not controlled by Big American Corporation (or Chinese, or any, for that matter), but somehow I don't see it happening.

What void tho? The majority of people _I know_ below 40 don't use Facebook or any related service at all.

It's different by location. E. g. in Europe many people uses Facebook, many under 40s too.

In the US: 25–34 years: Around 25.7% to 25.9% (the largest single demographic group).

Re: It's time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta

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Post by einpoklum »

> But if Meta is truly interested in prioritizing the safety of users

Why would it be interested in that? It's interested in increasing shareholder profits.

> It's time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta

What, like in the leadership of a political party? Meta does not work for the public good; if anything, it's rather the opposite. And it's not like another one of their people would change course and work and make it a public benefit company.

Re: It's time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta

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Post by jmcgough »

herbst wrote: post #13
majorbugger wrote: post #9

Honestly, the world has grown past the need for Meta. I would not cry if it completely shut down, problem is, what will fill the void? It would be nice to have something not controlled by Big American Corporation (or Chinese, or any, for that matter), but somehow I don't see it happening.

What void tho? The majority of people _I know_ below 40 don't use Facebook or any related service at all.

The people you know aren't exactly representative of the whole country. Most people I know are on instagram.
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