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The ceo is well aware of the impact his firm is having on society. His focus on propagating addictive misinformation is strategic. They make money selling ads to eyeballs.

If they have more eyeballs clicking around to see more misinformation they make more money.

There is nothing surprising that a guy who put “I’m CEO B1tch” on his business card would care less about destabilizing democratic governments than making himself rich.

He’s been spending time learning mandarin. Probably a good investment of time if people try to tar and feather him Boston tea party style should he succeed in the destruction of the American republic for profit.

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>There is nothing surprising that a guy who put “I’m CEO B1tch”...

I've commented on this before around HN, but worth repeating: people do change over ~20 years.

If I were judged by the shit I did in high school or my 20's, and assumed I was the same person I would be fucked. (I'm guessing many on these threads would empathize.) It just reeks of pseudo-cancel culture BS where one mistake will follow you for your entire life.

What you said makes perfect sense but I still refuse to use a platform whose founder called people “dumb fucks” for trusting him and using the platform.

People don't change unless they are contrite, and there is zero evidence that Zuckerberg feels any contrition about much of what hes said and done.

people generally tend to change when they experience the negative consequences of their action, not just willy nilly.

He hasn't just made one mistake, he keeps making the same mistakes. Merely a few years ago he ridiculed the notion that Facebook could have an influence on elections. Not only did that statement show that he hadn't learned, he also obviously thinks we're all idiots.

> people generally tend to change when they experience the negative consequences of their action, not just willy nilly.

I think you're discounting the effect of lived experience and natural maturity that comes with age. People and their perspectives do change in their own - not just because they made a mistake that impacted them negatively.

Of course they do. But is there any evidence Zuckerberg did?

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