[coffeymug]

Unintentionally gigantic? I really kind of thought the first order of business was to make that social media platform into a giant.

[gillianlish]

well fuck me sideways, i thought the purpose of technology was to enoble the human condition, lift up society, and make our civilization better for the future generations. didnt realize that corporations profit margin is the only possible good to come out of technology.

[Sunset]

Technology does not have purpose. We use technology to our own ends.

[pdonis]

> i thought the purpose of technology was to enoble the human condition, lift up society, and make our civilization better for the future generations

The question is whether that is the purpose of Facebook. I don't think it is; I think the purpose of Facebook is to become a social media giant, as coffeymug said. Technology for Facebook is just a means to that end.