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Re:Former Google and Facebook execs are sounding alarms abou... by dwaltrip on Monday January 01, 2018 @11:43AM (#16046715)
The money doesn't do it alone. You can't have technological disruption without technology.
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Re:Former Google and Facebook execs are sounding alarms abou... by rhizome on Monday January 01, 2018 @04:11PM (#16048061)
What technology has Facebook given us besides React, a PHP compiler and low-power server racks? For that matter, what does Facebook even disrupt?

I venture that the technology is usually already there, but the business exploitation is what's different in the dominant companies.

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Re:Former Google and Facebook execs are sounding alarms abou... by dwaltrip on Monday January 01, 2018 @04:21PM (#16048121)
Facebook operates mostly in the realm of social communication/organization and general information sharing, so that is where the "disruption" would take place.

I'm rather skeptical of Facebook though. I think there are major issues with its current incarnation.

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Re:Former Google and Facebook execs are sounding alarms abou... by rhizome on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @08:38PM (#16057591)
Facebook operates mostly in the realm of social communication/organization and general information sharing, so that is where the "disruption" would take place.

Sure, but GP was talking about technological disruption.

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Re:Former Google and Facebook execs are sounding alarms abou... by dwaltrip on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @03:05AM (#16059347)
Facebook uses technology to carry out its core operations, so would not they be performing technological disruption of the social domain?
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Re:Former Google and Facebook execs are sounding alarms abou... by rhizome on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @01:18PM (#16063474)
If they meant social they would have said social.
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Re:Former Google and Facebook execs are sounding alarms abou... by fourthark on Monday January 01, 2018 @07:58PM (#16049030)
It disrupts social interaction.
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