[arkh]

But how can you have enough user-growth to get vast amount of money from investor if you can't play fast and loose with the data you collect on your users?

Fuck the users! They're not the clients.

[TAForObvReasons]

You forgot the key Silicon Valley ethos: "Move fast and break things", where things include ethics and users' privacy expectations

[taylorswift_]

Well the world has changed clearly. When facebook/myspace started out, would they have been able to achieve success if they were bogged down with data privacy compliance?