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This is one way to put it, but another way would be clarifying that Facebook is a dark-pattern filled, dopamine-tuned, unethical, illegal, and sometimes wilfull
by dannyw 9y ago
This is one way to put it, but another way would be clarifying that Facebook is a dark-pattern filled, dopamine-tuned, unethical, illegal, and sometimes wilfully criminal social network.
While this was back ages ago, Zuckerberg used failed logins from Facebook to hack into a reporter’s email. Yes, Facebook captured plaintext passwords of failed logins, and Zuckerberg personally used them to hack a reporter’s email account who was digging into FB.
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-mark-zuckerberg-hacked-into-the-harvard-crimson-2010-3 https://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-mark-zuckerberg-hacke...
The problem isn’t scaling pains as you try to wrap. The problem IS Facebook, and almost everything about it.
Examples: Pledge 99% (for-profit, tax structuring), Internet.org (locking in of Facebook; closed intranet as ‘internet’); anticompetitive actions against Snapchat through copying of stories; and the 999+ privacy scandals that have continuously plagued Facebook because it is the core business model.
For you to call Zuckerberg commendable, is almost an insult for every founder with a moral compass.
He is certainly competent, but “commendable” is the exact antonym of what I’d use to describe him.
- Dowwie 9y agoThanks for commenting. After reading your response, I added "his actions while testifying" to be more clear, although I was speaking to them in the rest of my piece.
- dannyw 9y agoAh, that is fair and I agree with you. His actions while testifying is what I'd call respectable, especially since the session is really just for show - partly for both sides.
- aaroninsf 9y agoAgree 100%, which I would summarize as: To answer the original question, he's lying. Which is 100% consistent with the career path described in glowing terms. In today's web which is in SaaS social media at minimum, is in the business of surveillance. Lying about that is axiomatic.