Yep. I'm pretty curious where the overwhelmingly negative FB sentiment on HN comes from. I've never seen so many people pride themselves in never having used / deleting Facebook.
that's beside the point. Facebook and its products are growing regardless if you like them/know about their business (as if its some sort of esoteric practice...?), to state otherwise isnt worth discussing much less posting about on here
What does success have to do with popular opinion or morality? Has anyone here said facebook isn't successful?
These companies get most of their profit from addicting people and keeping them addicted.
They have the same moral standing as a drug dealer.
For what it’s worth I don’t like FB because of Zuck and his FU attitude towards his user’s privacy (he was quoted early on calling his users “dumb fucks” if I’m remembering correctly).
Either way, though, please don't post personal attacks. If you don't think it violates that guideline, it certainly violates "Be kind." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
“How do you know someone doesn’t own a television?”
“They tell you.”
I imagine because Facebook is considered an unethical company.