Thiel and Zuckerberg on Facebook, Millennials, and predictions for 2030

Re:Thiel and Zuckerberg on Facebook, Millennials, and predic... by AndrewKemendo on Monday November 10, 2025 @11:12AM (#45877334)

Devils advocate here

I’m not agreeing, but I’m hard pressed to find another person that is from the millennial generation that has been a persistent “public figure” as long and persistently than Zuck. He has been persistently in the news more or less daily since 2006.

Can you name another millennial that has a wider and longer lasting notoriety?

Does that mean that people respect him, or think of him as an ideal person or whatever?

but that’s not what Zuckerberg is saying - he’s saying “well known”

I’m not sure I could name another millennial that is as well known globally for as long - maybe Ronaldo or Taylor Swift

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Re:Thiel and Zuckerberg on Facebook, Millennials, and predic... by 9rx on Monday November 10, 2025 @11:17AM (#45877420)

> I’m hard pressed to find another person that is from the millennial generation that has been a persistent “public figure” as long and persistently than Zuck.

Prince William and Prince Harry have him beat on that front, surely? They've been persistent public figures since birth.

And if we limit it to modern times, Taylor Swift has got to be way more well known. Even my young kids know who Taylor Swift is. They have no clue about who Zuckerberg is.

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Re:Thiel and Zuckerberg on Facebook, Millennials, and predic... by GoatInGrey on Monday November 10, 2025 @11:35AM (#45877672)

Remind me which prince it was that moved to the US and is cut off from the royal family? Was that William?

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Re:Thiel and Zuckerberg on Facebook, Millennials, and predic... by 9rx on Monday November 10, 2025 @11:47AM (#45877804)

Exactly. If Zuckerberg moved to a new home, nobody would ever know. But when Prince Harry does, it's headline news. You may have forgotten his exact name, but a name is only one property of many when it comes to knowing someone. That you know intimate details of his life is telling about how is more well-known.

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Re:Thiel and Zuckerberg on Facebook, Millennials, and predic... by ben_w on Monday November 10, 2025 @11:47AM (#45877792)

Harry left by choice and might be reconciling, Andrew was pushed because everyone hates him, William is the one who is next in line to be king.

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Re:Thiel and Zuckerberg on Facebook, Millennials, and predic... by TheCoelacanth on Monday November 10, 2025 @11:17AM (#45877422)

Do you think that is genuinely the news in general, or just the subset of the news you personally follow?

I would imagine Swifties see a lot more Taylor Swift news than Zuckerberg news. For someone on HN, they're going to see a lot more Zuckerberg news than average.

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Re:Thiel and Zuckerberg on Facebook, Millennials, and predic... by throitallaway on Monday November 10, 2025 @11:16AM (#45877412)

That may be true, but that's not the news I'm exposed to. I only see him pop up every few years or so when he's announcing The Next Big Thing or trying to look/act more like a human person.

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Re:Thiel and Zuckerberg on Facebook, Millennials, and predic... by hiddencost on Monday November 10, 2025 @11:23AM (#45877511)

I don't think this particular Satan needs or deserves an advocate.

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