Re:Why do I care the open web is dying?
by FroshKiller on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @06:49AM
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You found him a lovable, geeky nerd in The Social Network?
Re:Why do I care the open web is dying?
by _emacsomancer_ on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @07:45AM
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Perhaps fxtentacle is actually thinking of Data from ST:TNG.
Re:Why do I care the open web is dying?
by fxtentacle on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @06:42PM
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Yes, I thought the Zuckerberg in the movie seemed more humane and nicer than I imagine the original to be.
For example, the movie presents him starting facemash to find a new girlfriend after he was rejected, which makes him appear to care about others and about relationships.
But some of his actual quotes sound to me more like he sees other people as things and with some contempt. For example, consider this:
ZUCK: yea so if you ever need info about anyone at harvard
ZUCK: just ask
ZUCK: i have over 4000 emails, pictures, addresses, sns
FRIEND: what!? how’d you manage that one?
ZUCK: people just submitted it
ZUCK: i don’t know why
ZUCK: they “trust me”
ZUCK: dumb fucks
But in reality, you should probably imagine someone with a psychology degree who's a master at pulling strings in the shadows and who just happens to like technology among other things.
I can't find the quote now, but I believe there were several articles about how he was widely disliked at Havard for his FaceMash website. Many people didn't appreciate being part of his psychology experiment ^_^
Also, there was a lot of discussion back in the day because the first Facebook beta looked very similar to a software he was supposed to build as work for hire for a 3rd party. I'd call that a rather opportunistic move.
So I wouldn't be surprised if your thought experiment would end with Zuck just saying "ooh that's sad but I don't care" and not explaining anything.