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Re:Facebook AI Research Expands with New Academic Collaborat... by windows_tips on Friday July 20, 2018 @11:28AM (#17575765)
I think you can go even farther, to, "intentionally malicious".

Mark hasn't taken back his comments about his users being "dumb fucks" for "trust[ing]" him, as far as I know, although he has apparently said that he regrets saying it[0].

[0] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/the-face-of-fa...

Source: research and I've asked FB myself

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Re:Facebook AI Research Expands with New Academic Collaborat... by throwaway37585 on Friday July 20, 2018 @04:37PM (#17578699)
> he has apparently said that he regrets saying it

What's the difference between this and taking it back?

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Re:Facebook AI Research Expands with New Academic Collaborat... by windows_tips on Friday July 20, 2018 @05:16PM (#17579003)
One could still think it, but regret that they said it aloud/sent it as a text message, such that others heard/read it.
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