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Category Archives: Facebook
Facebook Sucks
It’s frustrating using Facebook because it is just so slow. Writing, clicking on notifications and chats take way too long. It’s the slowest of the major social media platforms. Why is that? I find value in checking it occasionally to … Continue reading
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The Social Set Around Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan
Mark Zuckerberg (b. 1984) and Priscilla Chan (b. 1985) sit at the center of a Silicon Valley aristocracy that has spent the past two years remaking itself. The set around them is not the old tech philanthropist class of the … Continue reading
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Ten Convenient Beliefs For The Leaders Of Meta (Facebook)
Stephen P. Turner (b. 1951) calls a belief convenient when a man holds it because it pays, not because he has tested it. The belief lowers his costs, calms his fears, and licenses what he already wants to do. Its … Continue reading
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Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption
Ben Mezrich wrote in this 2019 book: * D’Angelo later asked Zuckerberg what path he was going to pursue in terms of dealing with the twins. Zuckerberg responded: Yeah, I’m going to fuck them Probably in the year—*ear In legal … Continue reading
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Facebook’s Process to Label You a ‘Hate Agent’ Revealed
From Breitbart: Facebook monitors the offline behavior of its users to determine if they should be categorized as a “Hate Agent,” according to a document provided exclusively to Breitbart News by a source within the social media giant. The document, … Continue reading
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#204 3-27-19 Facebook Bans White Nationalism
Transcript of part of Wednesday’s discussion: 00:00 Facebook Bans White Nationalism 18:00 Budget cuts to Special Olympics 20:00 Theresa May ready to quit after Brexit deal passes 21:00 Russia says troop deployment to Venezuela fully legitimate 23:00 Dissident Right & … Continue reading
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Facebook Bans White Nationalism
Monsieur writes: Luke, When I was 20, I came upon a very unpleasant fellow ranting and raving about the evils of the elite. And the crux of it? The vast American empire, which was carefully hidden from view with platitudes … Continue reading
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#113 11-20-18 Why “Ally” Is The New Quisling
00:00 Ellen Pompeo on diverse hiring 25:00 Paul Ryan — political loser 29:00 Caddell: ‘Murdoch Sons’ ‘Need to Answer’ for Fox News Calling House for Dems While California Was Still Voting 32:00 Industrial strength electoral fraud in 2018 elections 35:00 … Continue reading
Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis
From the New York Times: Facebook employed a Republican opposition-research firm to discredit activist protesters, in part by linking them to the liberal financier George Soros. It also tapped its business relationships, lobbying a Jewish civil rights group to cast … Continue reading
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Why Is Sheryl Sandberg So Angry?
00:00 NYT’s expose of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg 16:25 to 19:47 “Luke begins an epic rant against Jewish leftwing pressure groups, social media, “whoring” the holocaust and destroying America as we knew it.” 40:00 Gay former Dallas Cowboy Jeff … Continue reading