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> I think hackernews has a strong anti-facebook bias Is HN really more anti-Facebook than the general population? If so, why?

by _cs2017_ 7y ago

roberto 7y ago
> Is HN really more anti-Facebook than the general population? Yes, definitely. > If so, why? Because the general population cares less about privacy than HN. But I (not OP) think it goes deeper than that, and I've seen people here deliberately spreading lies about FB.
- _cs2017_ 7y ago
  Interesting. What else, besides privacy concerns, could be at play?
  - throwaway84_TO 7y ago
    A little while ago I played with the idea that if the masses were convinced that breaking up Facebook (or Google, Amazon, etc) was a good idea and that it eventually happened - the surviving BigTech "shrapnel" would be less capable to stand up against a government seeking information or control over them. A paranoid and overly Orwellian idea for sure, but interesting to play around with!
DoreenMichele 7y ago
Facebook never clicked for me. I'm not really a proper programmer. I know a little HTML and CSS, but I seem to fit in here better than most places. I have a Certificate in GIS, I run my own websites and I seem to relate to the internet differently than most people who are into Facebook. The comments I see on HN seem to generally agree with that pattern: It's seems like it's "just not my cup of tea" for a lot of people who are more computer literate than average. On top of that, the privacy issues have become such a big deal of late.
lmm 7y ago
I've heard it alleged that HN "top users" are disproportionately Google employees; if so that would explain it.
- _cs2017_ 7y ago
  I'd be very surprised if that was so. People move often between the two companies, and in my experience speak of each other quite positively. More generally, I doubt any employee of a large tech firm has so much loyalty and devotion to their employer that they would take to the internet to undermine a competitor.

> I think hackernews has a strong anti-facebook bias Is HN really more anti-Facebook than the general population? If so, why?

roberto 7y ago

> Is HN really more anti-Facebook than the general population? Yes, definitely. > If so, why? Because the general population cares less about privacy than HN. But I (not OP) think it goes deeper than that, and I've seen people here deliberately spreading lies about FB.

_cs2017_ 7y ago
Interesting. What else, besides privacy concerns, could be at play?
- throwaway84_TO 7y ago
  A little while ago I played with the idea that if the masses were convinced that breaking up Facebook (or Google, Amazon, etc) was a good idea and that it eventually happened - the surviving BigTech "shrapnel" would be less capable to stand up against a government seeking information or control over them. A paranoid and overly Orwellian idea for sure, but interesting to play around with!

DoreenMichele 7y ago

Facebook never clicked for me. I'm not really a proper programmer. I know a little HTML and CSS, but I seem to fit in here better than most places. I have a Certificate in GIS, I run my own websites and I seem to relate to the internet differently than most people who are into Facebook. The comments I see on HN seem to generally agree with that pattern: It's seems like it's "just not my cup of tea" for a lot of people who are more computer literate than average. On top of that, the privacy issues have become such a big deal of late.

lmm 7y ago

I've heard it alleged that HN "top users" are disproportionately Google employees; if so that would explain it.

_cs2017_ 7y ago
I'd be very surprised if that was so. People move often between the two companies, and in my experience speak of each other quite positively. More generally, I doubt any employee of a large tech firm has so much loyalty and devotion to their employer that they would take to the internet to undermine a competitor.