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The EC asked FB if it was possible to link accounts from Whatsapp to FB in 2014. They said no, knowing full well that the answer was yes. The EC did the merger
by awjr 9y ago
The EC asked FB if it was possible to link accounts from Whatsapp to FB in 2014. They said no, knowing full well that the answer was yes.
The EC did the merger evaluation with the assumption that they could.
In 2016 FB announced they were linking accounts in a ToS update.
It is not that they could or could not do it, but that they knew they could, but chose to hide that fact.
- mtgx 9y agoI've lost track of how many times Facebook has done this, including all those times it was resetting people's privacy settings to being more public.
- loceng 9y agoI keep wondering how Mark justifies this to himself.
- AlexandrB 9y agoIf he's a capitalist: $$$ If he's a true believer: "connecting people".
- r00fus 9y agoProbably along the lines of "I'm Mark, why do I have to justify myself?"
- treebeard901 9y agoI'm not sure justification has ever really been a problem for him. I assume this is a real quote from the early years: Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard Zuck: Just ask Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS [Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one? Zuck: People just submitted it. Zuck: I don't know why. Zuck: They "trust me" Zuck: Dumb fucks
- meowface 9y agoIt's probably real, but we also don't know the full context. It could be a banter-y way of him introducing Facebook to a friend who hadn't heard of it, or something, and he could've just been kidding about actually giving information. Who knows for sure? But knowing everything we know about Facebook now, it's probably more than likely true.
- ionised 9y agoHe's a narcissistic sociopath that has convinced hismelf he is making the world better, when all he is doing is polluting it.