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Re:Powerless investors vote overwhelmingly to oust Mark Zuck... by jwr on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @12:55PM (#20096863)
I think at this point everybody has a full view of the "sum ethics of the platform". Your concept of "innocent individuals/bystanders/cogs" might have been applicable in the past, but we are well past that point.
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Re:Powerless investors vote overwhelmingly to oust Mark Zuck... by goatinaboat on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @05:13PM (#20099301)
I've a friend who joined FB recently and he said, quote, yes yes I know it's evil but it's so interesting.

So there you have it in a nutshell straight from the horse's mouth, as it were.

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Re:Powerless investors vote overwhelmingly to oust Mark Zuck... by jwr on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @02:55PM (#20107927)
Yes — your friend made a choice. Depending on personal ethics, various people might make various choices, but we are well past the point where people did not know what they were getting into.
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