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The quality of the product is irrelevant to me as well as millions of others who distrust Meta at the most fundamental level. Right out the gate it has that goi

by _8j50 4y ago

The quality of the product is irrelevant to me as well as millions of others who distrust Meta at the most fundamental level. Right out the gate it has that going against it. Outside the US just about every country is gunning to regulate or fine it somehow. Highly recommend selling what you can now before Q2

johnwheeler 4y ago
The argument goes like this: I hate meta Why Because they track me Why do they do that To show me things I might want Why is that bad Insert slippery slope — At some point you need to be objective and ask if a little of that hate is just herd mentality.
- ljw1001 4y ago
  >To show me things that I want That’s an extraordinarily generous interpretation of Facebook’s motivation.
- _8j50 4y ago
  No, they keep shadow profiles on people that never used them as well as record private phone conversations. If they were an individual they would be in prison for stalking so much. Even google is nowhere as bad as Meta, the only company objectively worse is linkedin.
- spaceman_2020 4y ago
  My argument is more like "I hate Meta because it silently allowed, even encouraged the ruling party in my country to spread hate, to the point that it led to riots in my city"
MisterPea 4y ago
There are millions who distrust Meta, but public perception changes rapidly and companies this size don't die quickly. Their cash cow with ads allows them to stay solvent and make big risks I'm not saying that Meta will definitely have a change in perception but that's what I'm betting on if they truly do have a competent Metaverse. The best example of this change is Microsoft - it wasn't too long ago that it was the most hated tech company by the tech community and shareholders alike and now it's the ~least hated~ big tech out there.
- _8j50 4y ago
  I can't remember any time microsoft was distrusted and considered outright hostile or even a threat to democracy and civil society like fb. I am sure meta will remain a profitable company for itself and be around a decade or two more, even Yahoo is still around but my caution is don't hold its stock because it could be devalued significantly in the short term and then stabilize eventually due to its whatsapp and instagram dominance. Gen-z and younger millenials don't like it much. It is also struggling to get competitive talent due to its reputation and has gotten to a point where innovation=aquisition.

by _8j50 4y ago

johnwheeler 4y ago

The argument goes like this: I hate meta Why Because they track me Why do they do that To show me things I might want Why is that bad Insert slippery slope — At some point you need to be objective and ask if a little of that hate is just herd mentality.

ljw1001 4y ago
>To show me things that I want That’s an extraordinarily generous interpretation of Facebook’s motivation.
_8j50 4y ago
No, they keep shadow profiles on people that never used them as well as record private phone conversations. If they were an individual they would be in prison for stalking so much. Even google is nowhere as bad as Meta, the only company objectively worse is linkedin.
spaceman_2020 4y ago
My argument is more like "I hate Meta because it silently allowed, even encouraged the ruling party in my country to spread hate, to the point that it led to riots in my city"

MisterPea 4y ago

There are millions who distrust Meta, but public perception changes rapidly and companies this size don't die quickly. Their cash cow with ads allows them to stay solvent and make big risks I'm not saying that Meta will definitely have a change in perception but that's what I'm betting on if they truly do have a competent Metaverse. The best example of this change is Microsoft - it wasn't too long ago that it was the most hated tech company by the tech community and shareholders alike and now it's the ~least hated~ big tech out there.

_8j50 4y ago
I can't remember any time microsoft was distrusted and considered outright hostile or even a threat to democracy and civil society like fb. I am sure meta will remain a profitable company for itself and be around a decade or two more, even Yahoo is still around but my caution is don't hold its stock because it could be devalued significantly in the short term and then stabilize eventually due to its whatsapp and instagram dominance. Gen-z and younger millenials don't like it much. It is also struggling to get competitive talent due to its reputation and has gotten to a point where innovation=aquisition.