Mark Zuckerberg Has Quietly Advised Pete Buttigieg on Campaign Hires

Re:Mark Zuckerberg Has Quietly Advised Pete Buttigieg on Cam... by mdorazio on Monday October 21, 2019 @09:40AM (#21312100)

Unfortunately, Facebook and Zuckerberg are, to me, bad enough actors at this point that this is enough to turn me off the Buttigieg campaign entirely. The last thing I want is even more Facebook influence on elections.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Has Quietly Advised Pete Buttigieg on Cam... by buboard on Monday October 21, 2019 @10:02AM (#21312339)

That reaction is the entire point of the article.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Has Quietly Advised Pete Buttigieg on Cam... by mdorazio on Monday October 21, 2019 @10:24AM (#21312585)

I’m fully aware of that and my opinion is unchanged. Anyone showing me the same data point for any other candidate would achieve the same result because to me, get in bed with Facebook = lose my support.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Has Quietly Advised Pete Buttigieg on Cam... by buboard on Monday October 21, 2019 @10:31AM (#21312674)

Which is kind of surprising, considering that, even though facebook gets all the bad press, Trump's megaphone is actually Twitter.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Has Quietly Advised Pete Buttigieg on Cam... by not_a_cop75 on Monday October 21, 2019 @09:46AM (#21312163)

Upvoted you, but as much as I hate Facebook, at least they fall into the major influence that has difficulty evading media attention. One wonders about all the big conglomerates "fundraising" for candidates and "advising" them who are not under the big spotlight, and how that could change.

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