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The "dumb fucks"[0] thing came out in 2010. The WhatsApp acquisition was in 2014. [0] https://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-ims-wont-help-f
by snthd 8y ago
The "dumb fucks"[0] thing came out in 2010. The WhatsApp acquisition was in 2014.
[0] https://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-ims-wont-help-facebooks-privacy-problems-2010-5?IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-im...
- icebraining 8y agoI dislike FB and try to push people to stop using it, but I disagree with this typical interpretation. Zuckerberg was totally right, they were dumb fucks, and that would be true even if he was virtue incarnate, because they didn't know that. Showing contempt for stupid actions doesn't mean one will take advantage of it.
- jiveturkey 8y agothat’s a bit of silly wordsmithing. you are technically right in the general case, but in this case we can indeed infer bad intentions. one doesn’t need to imagine good or bad intentions, one can simply look at the facts in the ground (even at the time, not later in hindsight). he was preying on people’s naivete and admitted as much.
- snthd 8y agoI basically don't agree - I think mocking deliberate vulnerability (and people trusting you) shows poor character. It's the whole punching up, not down, thing.