How 'Careless People' is becoming a bigger problem for Meta

hello_computer wrote: post #3

“Lost Idealism” my ass. Everyone with two brain cells knew what zuck was from square-one. Play with the devil, get burned.

To steal/paraphrase from Cory Doctorow: "Facebook started as a website to nonconsensually rate the fuckability of Harvard graduates, and it only got worse from there."

Re: How 'Careless People' is becoming a bigger problem for Meta

#5

Post by this_user » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 9:01 PM UTC

Meta is probably the only large tech company where we would be better off if they had never existed. Or, at the very least, it nothing of value would be lost.

Re: How 'Careless People' is becoming a bigger problem for Meta

#6

Post by denvaar » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 9:12 PM UTC

this_user wrote: post #5

Meta is probably the only large tech company where we would be better off if they had never existed. Or, at the very least, it nothing of value would be lost.

FB Marketplace, but that's about it. Even that is a hot bed for people like bike thieves.

Re: How 'Careless People' is becoming a bigger problem for Meta

#7

Post by quantified » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 9:13 PM UTC

this_user wrote: post #5

Meta is probably the only large tech company where we would be better off if they had never existed. Or, at the very least, it nothing of value would be lost.

Could have very well lived without twitter too. It's not like everyone was aching for it before it existed.

Re: How 'Careless People' is becoming a bigger problem for Meta

#8

Post by slater » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 9:14 PM UTC

quantified wrote: post #7

this_user wrote: post #5

Meta is probably the only large tech company where we would be better off if they had never existed. Or, at the very least, it nothing of value would be lost.

Could have very well lived without twitter too. It's not like everyone was aching for it before it existed.

A faster horse, you say?

Re: How 'Careless People' is becoming a bigger problem for Meta

#9

Post by quantified » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 9:17 PM UTC

kmeisthax wrote: post #4

hello_computer wrote: post #3

“Lost Idealism” my ass. Everyone with two brain cells knew what zuck was from square-one. Play with the devil, get burned.

To steal/paraphrase from Cory Doctorow: "Facebook started as a website to nonconsensually rate the fuckability of Harvard graduates, and it only got worse from there."

Zuck: I don't know why they trust me. Dumb f*cks

[https://www.businessinsider.com/embarrassing-and-damaging-zu...]

Re: How 'Careless People' is becoming a bigger problem for Meta

#10

Post by ben_w » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 9:18 PM UTC

slater wrote: post #8

quantified wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could have very well lived without twitter too. It's not like everyone was aching for it before it existed.

A faster horse, you say?

All the advantages of a single public serchable IRC channel that logs all history.

And all the obvious problems with a public serchable IRC channel that logs all history.