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by r00fus 4347 days ago
Facebook has made a lot of questionable or incite-ful moves lately (Fwd.us, Slingshot, many acquisitions without a coherent vision) while it's quality and usefulness to many has become of marginal importance.

This isn't 2009/2010, where Iranians and Tunisians were using FB to coordinate peaceful protests. Instead, fear of the encroaching security-industrial-complex revealed by Snowden has people concerned about posting stuff to FB.
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HBSisBS 4347 days ago
Fwd.us is questionable? I'd like to know a solid reason other than "get foreign workers bs". Also note that fwd.us has nothing to do with Facebook. Its a personal initiative.
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r00fus 4347 days ago
http://allthingsd.com/20130510/elon-musk-and-david-sacks-dep...

Buying influence can look dirty, especially when it runs opposed to your stated goals.

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drzaiusapelord 4347 days ago
> I'd like to know a solid reason other than "get foreign workers bs".

The way companies use and abuse the H1B visa program and what that does to domestic wages is controversial. You can dismiss it but then don't demand more things to dismiss.

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