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It's too easy for some of you to get excited about one giant corporation taking a rather public beating. The anti-facebook tribe is strong in the Hacker News co

It's too easy for some of you to get excited about one giant corporation taking a rather public beating. The anti-facebook tribe is strong in the Hacker News community. Plus, what SV company wasn't a free-for-all of user data in 2012-2013? I don't know if any of you remember the Path app's lawsuit that triggered Apple's lockdown of API permissions. Apple, who suddenly got religion about privacy, but they too learned from their mistakes. Anyway, I'm not here to argue in favor of FB, but the stock going down is pretty self perpetuated right now. It's algorithmically triggered in response to bad news in the press, that then generates more bad press like this and so on. I'm not sure where the bottom will be here, but I'm pretty sure it'll reverse course soon enough.

domevent 9y ago
Anyway, I'm not here to argue in favor of FB You’re just doing a really great impression of someone who is? My initial reaction was an unrealistic belief that you and others singing a similar tune work for FB, but I doubt that. I think it’s a very rational fear that FB is the first domino to fall, possibly along with Uber. Fear and self-interest, and the simple desire not to see your industry facing a prolonged public backlash ending in regulation makes more sense as a motive. Is that about right?
- pdpi 9y ago
  > You’re just doing a really great impression of someone who is? I read that less as "arguing in favour of FB", and more as a reminder that overindulging in the blood frenzy makes you lose perspective.
- jarjoura 9y ago
  As it's impossible for me to convince anyone in this thread of anything on this topic, I'm just freely making some points. People have already picked a side to stand on and the line has been drawn. Case in point, you've already gotten your pitchfork out.
  - domevent 9y ago
    You didn’t really respond to anything I said, just complained that people aren’t agreeing with you and some ad hom that those people are mob-like.

domevent 9y ago

Anyway, I'm not here to argue in favor of FB You’re just doing a really great impression of someone who is? My initial reaction was an unrealistic belief that you and others singing a similar tune work for FB, but I doubt that. I think it’s a very rational fear that FB is the first domino to fall, possibly along with Uber. Fear and self-interest, and the simple desire not to see your industry facing a prolonged public backlash ending in regulation makes more sense as a motive. Is that about right?

pdpi 9y ago
> You’re just doing a really great impression of someone who is? I read that less as "arguing in favour of FB", and more as a reminder that overindulging in the blood frenzy makes you lose perspective.
jarjoura 9y ago
As it's impossible for me to convince anyone in this thread of anything on this topic, I'm just freely making some points. People have already picked a side to stand on and the line has been drawn. Case in point, you've already gotten your pitchfork out.
- domevent 9y ago
  You didn’t really respond to anything I said, just complained that people aren’t agreeing with you and some ad hom that those people are mob-like.