“Hey, I tried favoring the side that I thought would help me the most, but it turned out once I became a gillionaire, I was better off with the other side. So I went with them.”
That is pure BS . He donated I million to Trump. Dropped censorship in meta because he wants to emulate Musks X. And check out his new hiring practices.
Zuch wants fewer guardrails because it will be easier to target ads. If you own META, show him there are ethical stocks you’d rather own that don’t encourage lies, radical groups, racism, hate, manipulation, deep fakes, and the rest of the world’s dark underbelly.
Once again "apolitical" always was an aesthetic style, a rhetorical strategy if u will, not a sincerely held belief. It's the "I hate Mondays" from innuendo studios.
I'm so sick and tired of the political landscape that a solid third of our country (and most Western democracies) don't see the blatant Russian propaganda that's destroying our democracy.
I don't care how flawed a democracy is, it's better than none.
you guys are like half right, except you cant contain anger for elites in your brain without attributing their motivations to a foreign boogeyman, which is extremely fucking reactionary and makes you not in-the-know and free from the herd, but ppl the scapegoating rhetoric works on
If you wanna blame the oligarchs then blame the oligarchs, dont create a conspiracy theory where the oligarchs are getting mind control directives from some other country with a smaller economy & less power. its Fucking Stupid
As I've said, that headline is correct, just not in the way it thinks it is. It's "not so simple", sure. But the thing that's so complex about it is that he's actually a fascist.
“I believe the government pressure was wrong,& I regret that we were not more outspoken about it,I feel strongly that we should not compromise our content standards due to pressure from any Administration in either direction — and we’re ready to push back if something like this happens again.” -Z
Translation: Lil spoiled tech brat went crying to poppa trump to make the nasty woke peoples go aways. 😏
Why is it he, musk & trump (plus a load of maga/republicans) show about most self-awareness as very young kids with a sense of self-privilege & entitlement? 🤔 🥴 🙄
“I believe the government pressure was wrong,& I regret that we were not more outspoken about it,I feel strongly that we should not compromise our content standards due to pressure from any Administration in either direction — and we’re ready to push back if something like this happens again.” -Z
it was a very, very short stint. But people were absolutely considering going back to Facebook and some did. For the brief stint a lot was overlooked and Zuck was seen as better.
I just will never forget having "men are trash" sending me to Facebook jail but people talking mad racist shit about Chinese people was not at all a problem
SURE HE IS!! He just donated $ 200 million to trumps inauguration!! Let that sink in, $200 million dollars to Trump! Musk did the same! Fuck these guys, we didn't elect them to make policy! Wtf, America 🇺🇸 😑
Can't a guy create an app to rate women, encourage dangerous disinformation, and allow a hostile foreign government to interfere with elections without losing support anymore?
Zuck et al. looked at their internal metrics and concluded "we will make more money by being cruel to queer people." Tells you a lot about Facebook's user base.
I think from now on we can generally assume that when there's an article about somebody being apolitical or "done with politics" it really means that they're just waiting for the right moment to reveal themselves as the hardcore conservative they've always been
You're in the business of social media and you want to stay away from politics? How is that even possible? Perhaps Zuckerberg should be in the restaurant business or something!🙄
When I was a young stupid atheist I though he was cool because he was an atheist too. But now as an old stupid atheists I know that some ‘atheists’ still worship a god, and the cruelest one there is: the blood thirsty ‘Capital’, deity of the death cult unimaginatively called ‘Capitalism’.
They are out of control. And they are always at the top comments. Hmm, smells like manipulation of the algorithm to me. I don't think people realize how dangerous this is for humanity as a whole.
None of this should surprise anyone that can think- the road towards trump has been laid for decades--https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEN7FQXSWsi/?igsh=MXp6eGRrNG1seWs1
He bowed lower than I've ever seen anyone bow before. Now I have ZERO respect for him or his businesses. The solution is clear - we don't support bad business.
It's amazing how much left wing causes are so important until you have to like... sacrifice for them? Like paying... money? And having a code of ethics? Naaaah.
yes, unmeanable + unknowlegeable 🫠
similarity= first impression , actuality of something
dont mean that its the main profile of a social site
(news channel forum near to the politics membership)
Ironically, as you noted, the politics are really just beginning, Noah.
Important element that many don't accentuate is that politics and government are ultimately NOT the same thing; more that politicians haven't been representatives of the people as they promised. Wrong on all sides of the aisle.
The Overton window is so far right and so pro-capital at the moment that even in the midst of a massive realignment in the platforms on which all public conversations are being had, none of our public representatives seem to think regulating social media is necessary. The entire system is captured.
Everything is politics. This is my response when people bitch about entertainers or business people being “too political” although I’ve heard that generally from ska fans who claim not to be racists.
Just because someone is in the public eye, it doesn't mean that they lose their hopes, dreams, life experience, opinions and voice.
If you have a platform, why on earth would you waste your opportunity to get people to listen! Use your privilege to do some good in the world. Don't waste it!
Except with Peter Thiel by his side he's actively doing bad in the world. They're all part of the propaganda campaign to turn right wingers into terrorists. Facebook, YouTube, twitter etc all have algorithms that force right wing content onto people's front page. Cambridge Analytica was the whistle.
Yes. There are real-life bad guys out for world domination. They only seek to take and destroy. That's why education is so important. We have the knowledge we need. What we need more of is bravery, action, and empathy.
I do admire people with fame and success who do use it to encourage empathy and compassion but I also recognize the gradual loss of touch with the majority of people that years of fame and ultra wealth seem to encourage. Like Micheal Jackson and countless other mega famous and rich people.
I believe a lot of these people didn't have good influences and a lot of trauma that they didn't know how to deal with. It comes down to knowing who you are and deciding who you want to be. Nothing corrupts us unless we let it. That is why integrity is an action verb.
Remember when the Cambridge Analytica thing was in the news and when faced with the fact that people thought his platform was used to influence an election, Zuck's response was to try really badly to run for President?
"Non-political" is double speak for fascist tbh. Like it isnt even a stretch anymore. When people say they are "not political" they are 100% cool with fascist right wing ideals.
The headline is very funny but I also love that they chose to use a photo of his new alt right look, then it black and white, AND then went back to make the necklace gold!
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~ marketing dept
Just 'Trump bad. Blah blah blah'. Thanks- know that. Gfl.🙄
- most tech bros
I don't care how flawed a democracy is, it's better than none.
Or useful idiots like Tim Pool who took Russian money to parrot their state propaganda THIS election?
All for the half trillion 💲net worth administration to take power?
Ok, Bud.
Why is it he, musk & trump (plus a load of maga/republicans) show about most self-awareness as very young kids with a sense of self-privilege & entitlement? 🤔 🥴 🙄
People were talking about how he wasn't "one of the really bad ones" (billionaire) and enjoying this makeover he undertook.
Turns out... Nope. Just another douche in a wife beater.
yes, unmeanable + unknowlegeable 🫠
similarity= first impression , actuality of something
dont mean that its the main profile of a social site
(news channel forum near to the politics membership)
Wait! I know:
Important element that many don't accentuate is that politics and government are ultimately NOT the same thing; more that politicians haven't been representatives of the people as they promised. Wrong on all sides of the aisle.
If you have a platform, why on earth would you waste your opportunity to get people to listen! Use your privilege to do some good in the world. Don't waste it!
That is how love wins.
Everyone but bezos's ex wife.
Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, has already contributed $1 million to the fund.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/13/nx-s1-5227874/trump-bezos-zuckerberg-amazon-facebook-open-ai-meta-inauguration-fund