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by jf 3010 days ago
I live in the valley, have several friends at Facebook, etc. I don't know anybody who hates Zuckerberg. I don't hate him. But I am very upset with Facebook-the-company and Facebook-the-system. What bothers me most is that, to the best that I can tell, Facebook-the-company and especially Facebook-the-system just _do not care_ about me or you as individuals.

I have a thread on Twitter that goes into more detail here: https://twitter.com/jf/status/976250584213803008
1 comments
netsharc 3010 days ago
Talking about Facebook on Twitter seems to be the height of irony...

(I hate Twitter, although if you ask me to substantiate why, I would probably come up with the oft-repeated talking points of echo chamber, Russian bots, rage mobs, etc, etc.)

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jf 3010 days ago
Irony bordering on hypocrisy!

If we were to compare reasons why we dislike Twitter, I expect that we'd have a lot to agree on. I tried to leave Twitter too, but found that I couldn't because I still get too much value from Twitter. I still hope that someday the winds will shift to a system that brings me the joy I got from Twitter between 2008 and 2016.

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vinhboy 3009 days ago
Hi jf, I missed you facebook. :)
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jf 3006 days ago
Me too! Not having Facebook prevented me from asking you what you think of this claim: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7s36ub/what_cons...
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vinhboy 3006 days ago
LOL... that comment is hilarious because it touches one key truth about Vietnamese culture...

When you ask a Vietnamese person if they can do something, they ALWAYS say they can, even if they have no clue what it is. Especially Vietnamese men. We have this weird need to always pretend like we know everything.

It's similar to the TV sitcom stereotype of how all men think they can fix a leaking pipe, even if they have no clue how to do it.

Good stuff... I'll see you around jf.

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