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What wealth did Mark Zuckerberg create?
by jhuni 14y ago
What wealth did Mark Zuckerberg create?
- S4M 14y agoOne could argue that Facebook helps spreading democracy in some countries, and thanks to Facebook companies can target customers more efficiently.
- jhuni 14y agoWhat countries did Facebook help spread democracy to?
- oscilloscope 14y agoA large social network called Facebook.
- MikeAmelung 14y agoStill $11 below IPO. So much wealth!
- jhuni 14y ago1) Myspace provided a large social network with free web hosting and some PHP doodads before Facebook did. Did Mark Zuckerberg create anything new? 2) Facebook is a weapon deployed against the integrity of human personality. Does facebook quality as wealth considering that it is a destructive force?
- oscilloscope 14y agoI found Facebook useful for finding my roommates and classmates during college. They took away the classmate finding feature, but then it became more accessible and my grandparents could use it. I just used it a moment ago to get my cousin's birthday. That's a lot of value to me. When I share something there, it has the broadest reach of real-world friends on any social network, but that's my personal experience. Facebook is not a weapon. It's a product, definitely, and a medium to some degree. A corporate and focused vision of the internet, sure. A weapon? No.
- jhuni 14y agoWhenever a photo is shared through Facebook it is run through facial recognition software and the results are sent to every police agency that is interested. We know that policy agencies have picked people up on information attained in this way. Some of the worlds police agencies are evil. Whenever you use Facebook to share photos or some other personal information you are equipping potentially evil police agencies with a potent weapon that can be used against you and your friends.
- oscilloscope 14y agoWouldn't they get that information anyways by tapping my phone or internet connection? The NSA probably has my known IP addresses linked together, who knows. I've not experienced Facebook used as a form of oppression against me and my friends. If I did, I would immediately alert them... on Facebook.
- nikcub 14y agoThe value Zuck created has nothing to do with PHP or MySpace, it is the billion people who check Facebook each month and spend tens of billions of hours on the site. The value is provided to the network of users and to advertisers who want to reach that audience. The market shifted from radio, newspaper and television to web advertising. 20 years ago the $500M that Zuck donated would have otherwise went to an aristocratic media owning family empire. I prefer it going to somebody who has created new value and who will be putting the money to better use. Simply spending and gifting the money is a better use than hoarding it and establishing a genetic dynasty. The argument about Facebook being a weapon against human development and integrity is the same argument that luddites (and the Amish) made against radio, television, the telephone and many other new inventions. 95% of the people that I know in my life, and 100% of the career moves I have made in my life were through people that I met online. The difference is that I was technical enough to know how to use IRC, how to use early blogs, etc. Facebook is simple and accessible, and allows the other 99% of the world population to take advantage of the same networking technology to enhance their lives.
- rms 14y agoA greater degree of connectedness among humans
- jhuni 14y agoFacebook didn't create that but it did allow for the elites to use a greater degree of surveillance against humans then ever before.