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shepardrtcyesterday at 3:47 PM1 replyview on HN

> We wanted it, and Meta gave everyone the ability to have it.

Slight modification: We wanted to feel good about things, and Meta, knowing exactly what they were doing, took advantage of that to enrich themselves while gaslighting everyone that their manipulation and exploitation was totally ok and normal.

Its easy for people without a conscience like Zuckerberg to do that and laugh about it.


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Otterly99today at 8:35 AM

I would even go one step further: Meta, knowing exactly what they were doing, ended building an engine that maximizes ad-revenue.

It's really hard to disentangle Meta's actions with the overall push for maximum-profit-at-any-cost mentality of most societies we live in.