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This criticism of Zuckerberg is insular and reactionary. He's due for a minor user backlash, but there is no way the most recent Facebook changes could trigger
by rms 16y ago
This criticism of Zuckerberg is insular and reactionary. He's due for a minor user backlash, but there is no way the most recent Facebook changes could trigger a backlash at the level of Beacon 1.0. I think this hope that Zuckerberg crashes and burns is a combination of jealousy and wishful thinking.
- pg 16y agoYes, I agree with you. This thread is full of one sentence comments with large numbers of points. Not exactly HN at its best.
- indigoviolet 16y agoI work for Facebook and am naturally biased, but even in my cap as a longtime HN reader, I was disappointed at the difference between the reception to http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1339248 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1339248 versus the other Facebook-related posts here.
- puredemo 16y agoFair enough. I'm a user who isn't even all that concerned about privacy, but it's still not a pleasant feeling to have Facebook continually rearrange what they have decided to do with my information at their every whim. It's sort of like dating someone who all the sudden decides to start calling you at work throughout the day. Just a bit unnerving. Facebook ends up feeling dictatorial and paternal. And that's aside from whether the privacy concerns are valid (which at least some appear to be.)
- pyre 16y ago> I think this hope that Zuckerberg crashes and burns is a combination of jealousy and wishful thinking. Maybe jealousy from some, but I doubt the majority that dislike Zuckerberg/Facebook are jealous of him/it.