Powerless investors vote overwhelmingly to oust Mark Zuckerberg as chairman

Re:Powerless investors vote overwhelmingly to oust Mark Zuck... by mjfl on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @12:09PM (#20096343)

I just think words like "evil" and "addiction" are a little histrionic. No one has physical withdrawal symptoms when they've been away from Facebook for a week. At some point, personal responsibility has to come into play. Otherwise, how could any form of advertising be legal?

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Re:Powerless investors vote overwhelmingly to oust Mark Zuck... by scottlocklin on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @06:15PM (#20099780)

Hey man, oxycontin was prescribed by doctors; how can we possibly blame the Sackler family?

FB employees: pretty close to Purdue pharma and the tobacco companies. At least tobacco prevents Parkinsons. I know, people got kids to feed and ex-wives to pay off, but FB is complete and utter garbage, and anyone who ever worked there carries a badge of shame forever.

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Re:Powerless investors vote overwhelmingly to oust Mark Zuck... by skinnymuch on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @12:16PM (#20096439)

Personal responsibility should come in, but a middle ground can be seen probably of responsibility on both sides. Nothing as close to as truly addictive things like some drugs and cigarettes. Or even substances like alcohol.

Either way in support of what you’re saying and in reference to the words — what evidence or rational is there that most people psychologically addicted to FB think it is evil? Replace FB overall with IG. IG is hugely popular. Some are prob addicted. IG doesn’t have the same negativity assigned to it so saying most addicted users think it’s evil would seem like a very silly statement.

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Re:Powerless investors vote overwhelmingly to oust Mark Zuck... by freeopinion on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @02:06PM (#20097621)

It is true that a crack addict is personally responsible for their situation. But that doesn't make the dealer, the distrubutor, or the producer less evil.

Edit: this is not to argue that FB is an addiction or that FB is evil or that FB is equivalent to cocaine. It is just to point out the weakness of the parent comment.

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Re:Powerless investors vote overwhelmingly to oust Mark Zuck... by mjfl on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @02:47PM (#20098010)

You say that you're not trying to say that Facebook is equivalent to cocaine, but your logic doesn’t work unless it is.

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