[Skunkleton]

If you understand facebook's business, you wont view it positively.

[jhobag]

I would assume HN users have some idea of facebooks business..

that's beside the point. Facebook and its products are growing regardless if you like them/know about their business (as if its some sort of esoteric practice...?), to state otherwise isnt worth discussing much less posting about on here

[Skunkleton]

The question was "where [does] the overwhelmingly negative FB sentiment on HN come from?"

What does success have to do with popular opinion or morality? Has anyone here said facebook isn't successful?

[unforeseen9991]

Exactly, Casinos are successful in a business sense as well.

These companies get most of their profit from addicting people and keeping them addicted.

They have the same moral standing as a drug dealer.

[DougN7]

Microsoft was also hated for their business practices. I find what a company does to be a perfectly good reason to like or hate them, not that my opinion matters. But if you have enough people feeling a certain way it changes things.

For what it’s worth I don’t like FB because of Zuck and his FU attitude towards his user’s privacy (he was quoted early on calling his users “dumb fucks” if I’m remembering correctly).

[snazz]

I think he understands its business, having worked there. :)