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My reaction to this headline is, if you want someone to care about you, call your mother. Most of the world doesn't care about you, and it's not a scandal, it'

by yosito 5y ago

My reaction to this headline is, if you want someone to care about you, call your mother. Most of the world doesn't care about you, and it's not a scandal, it's just how reality works. The whole problem with Facebook is that we somehow ever trusted that it was not motivated by profit, and shared the most intimate details of our lives with it. Stupid fucks, us.

iforgetti 5y ago
I’m not sure if your language was intentional but this was literally Mark’s attitude from day one. [1] 1. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.indiatoday.in/amp/technology/news/story/mark-zuckerberg-called-early-facebook-users-dumb-f-s-for-sharing-data-giving-up-privacy-1195396-2018-03-22 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.indiatoday.in/amp/technolog...
- justbored123 5y ago
  This article that you are sharing is the dumbest thing I have read today. It literally says: "the company has built a culture where privacy and user data aren't all that important." It's Facebook, the whole point is no privacy and the entire product is user data, what do you mean "aren't that important"??? It's like going to the street naked and complaining that someone took pictures of you.
  - dang 5y ago
    We've banned this account for repeatedly posting flamewar comments. That's not what HN is for, regardless of what color the flames are. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
q1w2 5y ago
Agreed. If there is a gap between how we expect an industry treats customers, and how customers are treated in (like social media), then the answer is government regulation - not some moral shouting in the media. A healthy capitalist society is one with efficient regulations. I feel like these pieces often try to discredit all of capitalism just because a regulation is needed somewhere. I don't want to live in a theocracy dictated by whoever screeches the loudest in the media or on social media.

by yosito 5y ago

iforgetti 5y ago

I’m not sure if your language was intentional but this was literally Mark’s attitude from day one. [1] 1. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.indiatoday.in/amp/technology/news/story/mark-zuckerberg-called-early-facebook-users-dumb-f-s-for-sharing-data-giving-up-privacy-1195396-2018-03-22 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.indiatoday.in/amp/technolog...

justbored123 5y ago
This article that you are sharing is the dumbest thing I have read today. It literally says: "the company has built a culture where privacy and user data aren't all that important." It's Facebook, the whole point is no privacy and the entire product is user data, what do you mean "aren't that important"??? It's like going to the street naked and complaining that someone took pictures of you.
- dang 5y ago
  We've banned this account for repeatedly posting flamewar comments. That's not what HN is for, regardless of what color the flames are. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

q1w2 5y ago

Agreed. If there is a gap between how we expect an industry treats customers, and how customers are treated in (like social media), then the answer is government regulation - not some moral shouting in the media. A healthy capitalist society is one with efficient regulations. I feel like these pieces often try to discredit all of capitalism just because a regulation is needed somewhere. I don't want to live in a theocracy dictated by whoever screeches the loudest in the media or on social media.