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And yet we can invert that question as well. Does nearly every post by Facebook lately have to be an attempt for them to convince us that pervasive surveillance and personal add targeting is actually in our best interests? Further, do these same posts also require them to cast themselves as some great champion of personal privacy? I think one could argue that the constant gas-lighting by FB is tiresome.

Apparently. Similarly, the top comment on any article about VR seemingly must also be about hating Facebook.

Given that the headline itself is a punchline, I wouldn't expect much more.

Because the union of people who use and enjoy Facebook and people who read HN is very small.

But the union of people who read HN and people who would hit a button to erase Facebook and all of its employees off the face of the planet is probably larger than one might expect.