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Re:A World Without Facebook [Consider manifesto but do not s... by danhak on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @12:29PM (#26569387)
This organization wants to crowdfund the purchase of Facebook at current market value by soliciting donations via PayPal?

Are they aware that there is already a mechanism in place to buy companies called the stock market? Hypothetically the most efficient way to do this would be to ask folks to purchase then donate shares.

Re:A World Without Facebook [Consider manifesto but do not s... by diamond_hands on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @12:29PM (#26569382)
This seems like a clear scam, asking for donations via paypal to "buy facebook" for $360B US
Re:A World Without Facebook [Consider manifesto but do not s... by mawise on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @12:20PM (#26569255)
For those who feel sketched out by a random "download" button, it appears to be a pdf of the entire article.

> Change My Mind, LLC. is offering to purchase Facebook for its current market value, which as of March 2021 was approximately $360B.

> Once wrested from complacent company administrators ... the site can be managed more prudently and in the interests of its users.

Re:A World Without Facebook [Consider manifesto but do not s... by froh42 on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @12:27PM (#26569356)
So I send them money now and they promise as soon as they received $360B by this way to purchase Facebook? Sounds legit.
Re:A World Without Facebook [Consider manifesto but do not s... by creaghpatr on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @01:00PM (#26569921)
I thought Mark Zuckerberg controls the majority of voting shares, thus making it impossible to 'wrest control'?
Re:A World Without Facebook [Consider manifesto but do not s... by kleer001 on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @12:30PM (#26569399)
tl;dr

A 16 page pdf booklet (for some reason) about how facebook is bad. (yea, we know)

That starts with the proposal to purchase Facebook for its fair market price of 360 Billion dollars, then dives into lots of lovely proof in quotes from intellectuals that Facebook is bad.

Then there's a paypal link to Donate.

Is this a joke? Is this a scam? It seems unhinged or at least delusional. No names, no history, no faces, no endorsements, no proven track record. The author doesn't seem to understand how much a billion dollars is and everything that goes along with that, let alone 360 of them.

lol, flagged