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Specifically, Mark has allowed Facebooks mission to change from "giving people the power to build community and bring the world closer together" to "optimize ad

Specifically, Mark has allowed Facebooks mission to change from "giving people the power to build community and bring the world closer together" to "optimize ad revenue from a pre-existing group of users", and is now doing the same to Instagram. Look at the changes made to Facebook in the last five years and tell me, with a straight face, that they were all made with the original mission statement in mind. A Visionary CEO would chase the mission and expect revenue to follow.

KptMarchewa 4y ago
>"giving people the power to build community and bring the world closer together" If that was ever the case. In words of Mark Zuckerberg "dumb fucks".
- jbullock35 4y ago
  The evidence for that quotation is weak. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32937710#32938981 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32937710#32938981.
  - cityzen 4y ago
    Right, from zuck himself? "They trust me — dumb fucks," says Zuckerberg in one of the instant messages, first published by former Valleywag Nicholas Carlson at Silicon Alley Insider, and now confirmed by Zuckerberg himself in Jose Antonio Vargas's New Yorker piece. Zuckerberg now tells Vargas, "I think I've grown and learned a lot" since those instant messages. https://www.gawker.com/5636765/facebook-ceo-admits-to-calling-users-dumb-fucks https://www.gawker.com/5636765/facebook-ceo-admits-to-callin...
    - jbullock35 4y ago
      Gawker didn't get it quite right. Here's what the New Yorker article [1] actually says: > When I asked Zuckerberg about the IMs that have already been published online, and that I have also obtained and confirmed, he said that he “absolutely” regretted them. It doesn't say that Zuckerberg confirmed the particular quotation that you offered. That said, I take your point. The New Yorker author said that he had confirmed the message containing the quote, and Zuckerberg didn't deny sending the message, and he expressed regret about it. [1] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/the-face-of-facebook https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/the-face-of-fa...
nitrixion 4y ago
This is yet another reason to be apprehensive about Occulus and the "Facebook metaverse". I think it is only a matter of time before the mission for Occulus and the "Facebook metaverse" become similar to Facebook's current mission.

KptMarchewa 4y ago

>"giving people the power to build community and bring the world closer together" If that was ever the case. In words of Mark Zuckerberg "dumb fucks".

jbullock35 4y ago
The evidence for that quotation is weak. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32937710#32938981 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32937710#32938981.
- cityzen 4y ago
  Right, from zuck himself? "They trust me — dumb fucks," says Zuckerberg in one of the instant messages, first published by former Valleywag Nicholas Carlson at Silicon Alley Insider, and now confirmed by Zuckerberg himself in Jose Antonio Vargas's New Yorker piece. Zuckerberg now tells Vargas, "I think I've grown and learned a lot" since those instant messages. https://www.gawker.com/5636765/facebook-ceo-admits-to-calling-users-dumb-fucks https://www.gawker.com/5636765/facebook-ceo-admits-to-callin...
  - jbullock35 4y ago
    Gawker didn't get it quite right. Here's what the New Yorker article [1] actually says: > When I asked Zuckerberg about the IMs that have already been published online, and that I have also obtained and confirmed, he said that he “absolutely” regretted them. It doesn't say that Zuckerberg confirmed the particular quotation that you offered. That said, I take your point. The New Yorker author said that he had confirmed the message containing the quote, and Zuckerberg didn't deny sending the message, and he expressed regret about it. [1] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/the-face-of-facebook https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/the-face-of-fa...

nitrixion 4y ago

This is yet another reason to be apprehensive about Occulus and the "Facebook metaverse". I think it is only a matter of time before the mission for Occulus and the "Facebook metaverse" become similar to Facebook's current mission.