I'd argue Musk and Zuck are two of the most dangerous men on the planet. Through their twisted ideology and profits they have destroyed countless lives by letting misinformation proliferate on their social media platforms.
When The Social Reckoning came out recently I saw several misguided comments from people that the title didn't make sense because there was never a reckoning for Zuckerberg. Right! That's because it was us who faced the reckoning. For enriching these people in exchange for platforms that are the path of least resistance for trading cat pictures.
Leaving aside the fact the personal attack you open with is against HN guidelines, you are stating theoretical harm (“dukes/lords deciding what I can say”), and completely ignoring the provably real existing harm of tech bros deciding what you can/can’t see i.e. the “algorithm”.
The Guardian wrote about a similar phenomenon a while ago 'free birth' social media groups of apparently hundreds of thousands of pregnant women who have sworn off all medical assistance in birth, have cult like leaders and ostracize each other when they seek external support.
If you look at the numbers these kinds of groups do, 25 million views on YT, 5 million podcast downloads, half a million group members, this stuff is sending us straight back to the dark ages. We need some sort of mass education campaign or something.
I'd argue Musk and Zuck are two of the most dangerous men on the planet. Through their twisted ideology and profits they have destroyed countless lives by letting misinformation proliferate on their social media platforms.
There's going to be a reckoning with these tools.
What about Peter Thiel, the guy from Flock, Sam Altman? I think they are also right there
When The Social Reckoning came out recently I saw several misguided comments from people that the title didn't make sense because there was never a reckoning for Zuckerberg. Right! That's because it was us who faced the reckoning. For enriching these people in exchange for platforms that are the path of least resistance for trading cat pictures.
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What?
Misinformation cost lives. Period.
You're the idiot.
Leaving aside the fact the personal attack you open with is against HN guidelines, you are stating theoretical harm (“dukes/lords deciding what I can say”), and completely ignoring the provably real existing harm of tech bros deciding what you can/can’t see i.e. the “algorithm”.
The Guardian wrote about a similar phenomenon a while ago 'free birth' social media groups of apparently hundreds of thousands of pregnant women who have sworn off all medical assistance in birth, have cult like leaders and ostracize each other when they seek external support.
If you look at the numbers these kinds of groups do, 25 million views on YT, 5 million podcast downloads, half a million group members, this stuff is sending us straight back to the dark ages. We need some sort of mass education campaign or something.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/nov/22...