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Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Is Over: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/mark-zuckerberg-says-social-media-is-over
https://archive.is/UnNjh

LMAO. So Meta basically turned Facebook from "connecting with friends" into "doom-scrolling random content" and now claims that's what users wanted? Let's not pretend this wasn't something driven by Facebook/Meta to satisfy Wall Street. Social media did not naturally evolve into what it is today: engagement bait, consumption of content creator and advertiser content, etc. This resulted from purposeful business strategic decisions to pivot from a place to learn who is fucking who to a place where advertisers and monetization rule.

Facebook never became what users wanted. It's what Zuck wanted. And that is power and money.

Which is why he cucked out overnight after visiting Mar-a-Lago.

This fuck was beginning to be somewhat almost likable last year when compared to Musk, but he can't help himself.

His $3 million makeover didn't fool me for a second.

Just like I never fell for Bill Gates and his Gates Foundation altruist charm offensive.

 

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[JuveJay]

https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/23/zuckerstreisand/#zdgaf

Former Facebook exec Sarah Wynn-Williams claims Fuckerberg's employees let him win Settlers of Catan in her new book "Careless People." He sounds like a fucking manbaby who can't lose (and who accuses Wynn-Williams of cheating when she fails to throw a game of Ticket to Ride while they're flying in his private jet).

I think at some point most people in his position become so wealthy and self-important that they lose all sense of reality and struggle to relate to anyone else.

 

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I think at some point most people in his position become so wealthy and self-important that they lose all sense of reality and struggle to relate to anyone else.

personality rarely changes at that age when these people realistically become wealthy. self-importance is already noticeable in kindergartens. my son (10) has classmates who already lack empathy and have personality traits that i - a non-psychologist - would easily describe as narcissistic and remind me of adult sociopaths i crossed paths with.

tl;dr: i think that zuckerberg was probably already an entitled jerk as a teenager

 

[JuveJay]

personality rarely changes at that age when these people realistically become wealthy. self-importance is already noticeable in kindergartens. my son (10) has classmates who already lack empathy and have personality traits that i - a non-psychologist - would easily describe as narcissistic and remind me of adult sociopaths i crossed paths with.

tl;dr: i think that zuckerberg was probably already an entitled jerk as a teenager

Yeah I agree with that to an extent. People have different personalities. Autism is to blame for some of this as well, whether you believe that's a cause or a diagnosis. I feel like I'm there somewhere as well, but I don't completely lack empathy. I always think that if I was to become super wealthy (it's not going to happen and that's fine) I'd be concerned how it could potentially change me as a person. You have people kissing your ass all day long. You can circumvent many laws or social norms with your wealth, there is a degree of being untouchable. With the wrong person it can create a bit of a monster.

 

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I think at some point most people in his position become so wealthy and self-important that they lose all sense of reality and struggle to relate to anyone else.

A friend of my wife's best friend told me an odd story that happened about 8 years ago. He's your basic briefcase businessman who lives in rural Ireland and pretty much gets along with everybody.

He had a chance meeting with Zuck at a private event in Ireland. Facebook had their global HQ in Ireland back then, and Zuck would come out once every several months. The guy had no clue who Zuck was -- he thought he was just some bloke. Which didn't exactly rise a "Don't you know who I am??" from Zuck as much as a, "Hmmm, he seems safe and doesn't know who I am". He showed Zuck to a nearby local pub of his and they chatted a bit more.

So Zuck asked if he could call him the next time he flies into town to find out about similar small social gatherings. He said sure, so they exchanged phone numbers. But on Zuck's condition of, "But just so we're clear -- this does not mean we are friends." So the guy is like, ok weird, but whatever.

Zuck would call him on future visits. But he took a massive risk in sharing his phone number with some rando in Ireland. To me it kind of suggests how Zuck has a moat built around him in life and in his head, but it gets lonely in there.