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Re:Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra by roberto on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:59PM (#20220466)
> Is HN really more anti-Facebook than the general population?

Yes, definitely.

> If so, why?

Because the general population cares less about privacy than HN. But I (not OP) think it goes deeper than that, and I've seen people here deliberately spreading lies about FB.

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Re:Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra by _cs2017_ on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @07:43AM (#20222426)
Interesting. What else, besides privacy concerns, could be at play?
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Re:Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra by throwaway84_TO on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @09:00AM (#20222850)
A little while ago I played with the idea that if the masses were convinced that breaking up Facebook (or Google, Amazon, etc) was a good idea and that it eventually happened - the surviving BigTech "shrapnel" would be less capable to stand up against a government seeking information or control over them.

A paranoid and overly Orwellian idea for sure, but interesting to play around with!

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