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Re:Scraping Tinder selfies to make a dataset for AI experiments by _pmf_ on Saturday April 29, 2017 @03:56PM (#14228409)
> This guy sounds like a caricature of the exact kind of socially unaware techie who blithely implements dystopian-powering software, because having data and writing code is all that matters apparently.

Zuck?

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Re:Scraping Tinder selfies to make a dataset for AI experiments by danso on Saturday April 29, 2017 @04:07PM (#14228468)
Worth pointing out that Zuckerberg's obliviousness was very much like the guy featured in the OP, and he was punished for FaceMash and apologized for it [0].

He then created TheFacebook as an alternative to Harvard's online facebook, which was purportedly in development. The official facebook was taking longer because of worries about scraping of user information [1]:

> Davis said that the principle complication with the creation of an official facebook was figuring out how to design an interface so that directory information could not easily be compiled without authorization.

That said, Zuckerberg's TheFacebook got around that because students apparently were happy to upload their information to his service. And the rest is history.

[0] http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/11/4/hot-or-not-websi...

[1] http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/2/9/hundreds-register...

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Re:Scraping Tinder selfies to make a dataset for AI experiments by thr0waway1239 on Saturday April 29, 2017 @04:06PM (#14228463)
No. He is a billionaire, which obviously means he is a visionary. These characterizations only apply to mere mortals and other dumb fucks such as those who contribute to Facebooks' MAU numbers.
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