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Re:Zuckerberg Has No Way Out of Facebook's Quagmire by mc32 on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @11:10PM (#16645367)
Sometimes people who scrutinize things fail to see it from the working class's perspective (the "poorly educated" be they white or black, or something else.) I think there are quite a few people on HN who never hung out with poor people or never paid attention to how they may think, in some situations.

If their "horse" wins, whatever the means, they're glad it wins. Case in point is O.J. Everyone knew he got away with a crime, but despite that, people were happy to see him stick it to the man. If Obama won on FB data, people who voted for him, on balance, would not care. People who voted for Trump, on balance, would not care, if he won on the back of FB data --we don't know the actual degree of the usage, but for argument's sake, let's pretend it was material.

Even "highly educated" people are susceptible to this bias.

Re:Zuckerberg Has No Way Out of Facebook's Quagmire by ikeyany on Thursday March 22, 2018 @12:32AM (#16645766)
Your assertion that the poorly-educated/working-class don't care about integrity is incredibly condescending and ignorant.
Re:Zuckerberg Has No Way Out of Facebook's Quagmire by mc32 on Thursday March 22, 2018 @12:39AM (#16645796)
Explain Deflategate and the OJ trial reactions. I also grew up with them. It's not condescending, it's been observational. I didn't claim it's universal or it's like that for everything in their lives, but if one of their horses cheats a bit, gets away with something, it's not the end of the world.
Re:Zuckerberg Has No Way Out of Facebook's Quagmire by ikeyany on Thursday March 22, 2018 @01:13AM (#16645940)
> Explain Deflategate and the OJ trial reactions.

The loudest and most attention-grabbing voices are generally the least thoughtful. The reasonable voices tend to go unnoticed.

Re:Zuckerberg Has No Way Out of Facebook's Quagmire by mc32 on Thursday March 22, 2018 @01:22AM (#16645974)
I'll grant you that's true in the media --but when I was in those circles, i.e. poor, it wasn't just the loudest. Normal people would have similar reactions. I think there is a bit of, "hey, we're owed one, it's not dignified, but if that's what it took, so be it."