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Linkbait: This is a fictional scenario.

• Semiapies 16y ago
  The 2014 dateline doesn't make it obvious that it's a fictional event? I don't think it's a great article, but that's not much of a complaint.
  • ryan-allen 16y ago
    It doesn't make it clear it's fictional event. If I said "In 2014 taxes to be raised to 70%" most people I daresay would think "Who announced that?" and go to read more. It's sounds exactly like a factual statement. The article title is absolutely misleading and I agree that it's linkbait (furthermore I don't think it has any useful content either). EDIT: I clicked on the link because I hoped to see what Facebook had to say about their rationale in making such a decision and to hopefully find peoples reactions to it. Instead I find one persons useless pondering about where Facebook may head in a few years. Linkbait!
    • Semiapies 16y ago
      It's a present-tense announcement about 2014. Not, "In 2014, Facebook will..." or "In 2014, Facebook plans to..." For another, four years! What's the last time Facebook or anyone in that space has made any kind of announcement that far in advance? How often does anything that far out show up in HN except for hand-waved claims that some experiment could result in a product in 5 or 10 or however many years the writer is pulling out of his ass? :)
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