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>hating on Facebook is an excellent excuse for people to feel superior to the general population. "I know better than those ignorant proles, I wish they'd do wh
by 50656E6973 7y ago
>hating on Facebook is an excellent excuse for people to feel superior to the general population. "I know better than those ignorant proles, I wish they'd do what I think is best for them instead of what they want to do."
Ironic; that's the same ethos being espoused and implemented by those who run Facebook.
- Jonanin 7y agoDo you have any examples of that ethos being "espoused" by Facebook?
- bubble_talk 7y ago"Remember, what Facebook is doing has never been done before. There are going to be mistakes." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19321420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19321420
- 50656E6973 7y agoIts inherent in the business model: profiting off making people think, do, and buy things they otherwise would not have. Ever since the news feed ceased to be chronological, FB has become increasingly forceful with their filtering and sorting of people's minds primarily in accordance with what increases FB's profits.