Zuckerberg Expresses Frustration Over Surveillance

Re:Zuckerberg Expresses Frustration Over Surveillance by rhizome on Thursday March 13, 2014 @04:32PM (#7394775)

Here's a thought experiment: what damage would be done if Facebook up and disappeared tomorrow? To society, to business, to the economy, whatever.

I'll take the "almost none" position, comparable to the season finale of "Friends."

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Re:Zuckerberg Expresses Frustration Over Surveillance by mullingitover on Thursday March 13, 2014 @05:08PM (#7395063)

Playing devil's advocate, for starters, you can consider the effects of having 175 billion dollars (FB's market cap) vanish from the economy, and the effects that would have on confidence in the market.

Not that I disagree with the overall premise that FB doesn't really add anything of much value (or at least anything that couldn't be quickly and easily replaced).

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