The Mark Zuckerberg Is a Lot Less Impressive Than the Movie Version

Re:The Mark Zuckerberg Is a Lot Less Impressive Than the Mov... by supercanuck on Monday October 28, 2019 @08:18AM (#21376186)

Only one of these parties to the negotiation works on behalf of the American people. Zuckerberg said he has 3B customers.

You seems bored with the process but I would argue the job politicians are doing is equally important if not more so than the construction of an Online Ad Delivering Skinner Box, the “real work” you allude to. (Current top most on HackerNews explains how much people despise ads and pay money to avoid them)

Holding powerful people accountable, publicly, creating laws and regulations and governing the rules of our society is very important to operating this country.

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Re:The Mark Zuckerberg Is a Lot Less Impressive Than the Mov... by basch on Monday October 28, 2019 @09:18AM (#21376657)

Did you watch the hearing? Very few people said anything that wasnt a 1) scripted grandstand that didnt even have a question 2) had already been covered in another hearing or 3) was a misunderstanding of the business and its technology. Some of them did have good points sprinkled in. But to call what they did a "good job" is an extreme overstatement.

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Re:The Mark Zuckerberg Is a Lot Less Impressive Than the Mov... by objektif on Monday October 28, 2019 @08:54AM (#21376435)

Only if the said lawyers were doing those for the benefit of the people. Many of those lawyers would kiss Zucks ass for a million. Hearings are just theaters until we get money out of politics.

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Re:The Mark Zuckerberg Is a Lot Less Impressive Than the Mov... by supercanuck on Monday October 28, 2019 @08:57AM (#21376462)

And in a representative democracy, there is an ability for the public to remove said lawyer. We need to do that.

Private Corporation there is no such method.

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