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I predict that Zuckerburg, when he's old and seeking new prestige, will abandon his (dirty) capitalistic activities and take on the philanthropist persona that
by blunte 8y ago
I predict that Zuckerburg, when he's old and seeking new prestige, will abandon his (dirty) capitalistic activities and take on the philanthropist persona that many other tech giants (who we often forget the dirty methods they used to reach their heights) have.
The EU, with its often absurd laws (re: link tax, cookie rules) may be the only threat to the juggernaut that Facebook is (and by extension, the power that a cutthroat nerd holds over others).
As for TFA, by now we should not be surprised. This is what happens when you sell your company to Facebook. You hopefully get a nice cash-out, which maybe you can use to do more and better things, but you certainly give over your dear creation for ultimately dark purposes.
- JustSomeNobody 8y ago> ... and take on the philanthropist persona that many other tech giants (who we often forget the dirty methods they used to reach their heights) have. No, I think he'll be like the ones who don't. He'll take on some expensive hobby and claim it is for the greater good.
- acomjean 8y agoI believe he already has a foundation: https://chanzuckerberg.com https://chanzuckerberg.com ?
- blunte 8y agoIndeed he does, but his primary activity (and public persona) is Facebook CEO. Someday he will pass the reigns, at least publicly, and begin the philanthropy tour.
- CharlesColeman 8y ago> No, I think he'll be like the ones who don't. He'll take on some expensive hobby and claim it is for the greater good. So less Bill Gates and more Larry Ellison? I once watched a Youtube video about OpenSolaris where and ex-Sun Engineer stated the only times Larry Ellison has donated to charity were to 1) settle a lawsuit, and 2) fund research into the extension of his own life.
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- chillacy 8y agoBack when his reputation wasn’t so low: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-giving-away-99-of-his-facebook-shares-2015-12 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/mark-zu...
- JohnFen 8y agoNon-amp link: https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-giving-away-99-of-his-facebook-shares-2015-12 https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-giving-away-...
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- wll 8y agoSaturday, 17 April, 2984. London Nova, Archmuseum of Human History, 21st Century Repository. 965th anniversary of “Early 21st century’s Uniform Resource Locator portraying a slice of the time’s Gordian technological landscape.”
- sjg007 8y agoI think Zuckerberg and Page should exercise their clout as a media moguls. Murdoch is scared of them. Also, Obama and Trump's Presidential victories show how a well coordinated social media campaign can win you the Presidency. Zuckerberg wants "to give people the power to build a global community that works for all of us." He should double down on that. You are right though.. Europe is really the only regulator we can rely on right now... but the global alt-right movement is trying to change that (see Steve Bannon in Europe).
- Fins 8y agoDo you seriously believe the generic PR-speak of "to give people the power to build a global community that works for all of us."?!
- sjg007 8y agoNo.. I think they should double down on strategies to curb fake news and misleading ads and adopt some rules similar to the Fairness doctrine.
- Fins 8y agoAnd what kind of strategies would those be? Never mind that I woud not trust anyone in SV to decide what is and is not "fake news". OK, not only in SV, but letting Facebook "curb faker news" and create an impression that the content there in any way decent sounds even worse than the status quo where you at least know that FB is a cesspit of depravity.