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by boyinschool 3147 days ago
Ah, the 'young kids often say stupid things" argument.

Zuckerburg continues to only do what's in his best interest, even at an older age. i.e. not combating racism, harassment, or abuse on their website because it'd hurt their bottom line. This a business and everybody is willingly giving him products that exploit his user base.

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Sure, but I don't see how that relates to my intended point that things we say as teenagers probably shouldn't be held against us indefinitely.

If you want to say "Zuckerberg is selfish because he refuses to affect Facebook's bottom line to stop harassment" that's fine with me, and I won't disagree with you.

If you're saying "Zuckerberg stole someone's lunch money when he was 12 therefore he's a sociopath" I dunno, that's less convincing to me.