[lend000]

Even the original idea (if The Social Network is a trustworthy source) was copied -- Zuckerberg just has a complete lack of vision, but is clearly an intelligent operator with good business sense. Jagged intelligence, like an LLM.

[digitaltrees]

Or he’s backed by the CIA?

[thin_carapace]

has zuckerberg done anything productive of his own accord? facebook was ripped off. most meta companies were acquired. it could be argued that propagandizing the entire world was productive relative to vested interests but that was done on the behest of those interests, not zuck himself. the only thing im aware of zuck actually spearheading was the metaverse, a conclusively unproductive pursuit costing tens of billions to achieve literally nothing. it isnt objective to unilaterally behave with vitriol ... still this person seems more comparable to cancer itself than any actual human. i guess you could collapse productivity to 'making money' in which case clearly he is productive, im more referring to accomplishing anything useful for humanity. i also dont consider mass surveillance to be useful for humanity as bad actors will always get away with it whether they are on or off camera.

[georgemcbay]

> has zuckerberg done anything productive of his own accord?

It probably will surprise no one to learn his "next big thing" is a prediction market app.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/technology/meta-predictio...

Hits the Meta product trifecta perfectly:

* Derivative

* Late to market

* Harmful to society