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Honestly, I've been quite shocked over the last 5 years or so at Zuck's take on political and politically adjacent politics. I get that they're of the "money a

by netcan 6y ago

Honestly, I've been quite shocked over the last 5 years or so at Zuck's take on political and politically adjacent politics. I get that they're of the "money at any cost" ethic, but a lot of decisions (or lack thereof) have been downright imprudent. These last minute decisions are likely reactive to something, whether or not it's actually reactive to the debate comment that this writer thinks triggered it. My (uneducated) guess is that its more related to stuff happening on the platform itself. In any case, the creepiness of fb just keeps rising. Maybe they'll end up exploding the whole thing.

save_ferris 6y ago
> In any case, the creepiness of fb just keeps rising. Maybe they'll end up exploding the whole thing. Somehow, I doubt it. They’ve established themselves as a major tech stock, largely through the “money at all costs” ethic you describe above, they have billions of users that derive significant amounts of self-worth from the platform, and a world-class marketing arm to keep reminding us how much good they’re doing for the world. Barring some major fraud scandal, I don’t think the market would be interested in moving away from them at all.
NortySpock 6y ago
"These last minute decisions are likely reactive to something" The House "Facebook and others have monopoly power, are abusing it, and should be split up" report, perhaps. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/house-amazon-facebook-apple-google-have-monopoly-power-should-be-split/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/house-amazon-fac...
Voloskaya 6y ago
> These last minute decisions are likely reactive to something Yes, reacting to Trump having a 16 point lag just a month before election day, so now Facebook is strategically aligning itself more on the side of the likely winner, which is increasingly talking about regulating FB. If the polls were tied, I am certain this would not happen.

by netcan 6y ago

save_ferris 6y ago

> In any case, the creepiness of fb just keeps rising. Maybe they'll end up exploding the whole thing. Somehow, I doubt it. They’ve established themselves as a major tech stock, largely through the “money at all costs” ethic you describe above, they have billions of users that derive significant amounts of self-worth from the platform, and a world-class marketing arm to keep reminding us how much good they’re doing for the world. Barring some major fraud scandal, I don’t think the market would be interested in moving away from them at all.

NortySpock 6y ago

"These last minute decisions are likely reactive to something" The House "Facebook and others have monopoly power, are abusing it, and should be split up" report, perhaps. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/house-amazon-facebook-apple-google-have-monopoly-power-should-be-split/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/house-amazon-fac...

Voloskaya 6y ago

> These last minute decisions are likely reactive to something Yes, reacting to Trump having a 16 point lag just a month before election day, so now Facebook is strategically aligning itself more on the side of the likely winner, which is increasingly talking about regulating FB. If the polls were tied, I am certain this would not happen.