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I'd say that all of his actions since that date have been coherent; that at every turn he has dedicated a lot of energy to destroying privacy and reframing that as promoting openness.

The prototypical example of this is the FB privacy panel which, last I checked, took more than 100 separate actions to set everything private. (making it very hard and confusing to get privacy). And there's been the incidents where FB then single-handedly undid some or all of those settings without notice.

And then there's FB's participation in PRISM starting in 2009.

he's dedicated enormous energy into destroying privacy and into selling us to others.

As such... I tend to think he'd used more nuanced language now, but I absolutely believe he is a sociopath who has created a cancerous company that makes the world a materially worse place. I absolutely believe that all of his company's actions are aligned with his 18 year old's disrespect for other people.

Some part of him is obviously a good dude... but his company is a fucking travesty.


If you care about privacy enough perhaps Facebook just isn't the right social network to join?

Facebook is an advertising platform, and the best one at that. It's also a place people post intimate details of their lives for others to see.

I don't know that I find fault in their ability to use that data to better target you with ads or content.


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