>That's your slanted viewpoint based on what you've been hearing in the news media.
Thanks for reading my mind, knowing me better than I could ever know myself.
>Why is he a "very bad" person?
I based my opinion mostly on the stuff I saw and keep seeing from him directly[1].
>Why are most of the things that he makes "very bad"?
Well, I came to the conclusion (and not just me) that his stuff is designed to be as addictive as possible and as invasive as possible. What he creates, deliberately, is the modern equivalent of cigarettes. Bad attributes in my book. His products are, in my humble opinion, a major contributing factor in the polarization of society and the decrease in civility and political culture all around the world (and no, I am not referring to Russians abusing facebook, I mean facebook itself, which attempts to increase addictiveness by highlighting extremes and conflict as a matter of "entertainment").
On top of that, he and his companies are using their power to lobby and push for stuff they full well know is detrimental to society but helpful to facebook, if it is regulation that is designed to strengthen facebook through regulatory capture, or if it is to bring "zero rated" facebook to developing countries in an effort to stomp out local competition before it even exists; Noblesse oblige.
And then there is the constant torrent of news about facebook's other indiscretions, e.g. regarding keeping the data they siphoned off secure, e.g. misusing data gathered under false pretenses like 2fa phone numbers, or e.g. how they treat the poor souls who they hired for pennies in Manila to do their content moderation, etc.
>There's been a spate of bad press about Facebook recently, so that's primarily what's been coloring your view.
I don't give much attention to the attention grabbing op-eds and pundits and sensationalized reporting. E.g. I think the entire Russia stuff when it comes to facebook is overblown, by a lot. But again, thanks for reading my mind.
By and large, I find CNN reporting despicable, MSNBC reporting even more so, but the uncrowned king of despise still remains Fox News, when it comes to TV networks.
>Democrats are very bad people making very bad policy most of the time
Since you bring it up, I believe that Democrats are mostly good people making bad policy most of the time. And that Republicans are, well... kinda split, with some real bad (and loud!) people and some good people with good intensions, and that Republicans make bad policy most of the time.
Thanks for reading my mind, knowing me better than I could ever know myself.
>Why is he a "very bad" person?
I based my opinion mostly on the stuff I saw and keep seeing from him directly[1].
>Why are most of the things that he makes "very bad"?
Well, I came to the conclusion (and not just me) that his stuff is designed to be as addictive as possible and as invasive as possible. What he creates, deliberately, is the modern equivalent of cigarettes. Bad attributes in my book. His products are, in my humble opinion, a major contributing factor in the polarization of society and the decrease in civility and political culture all around the world (and no, I am not referring to Russians abusing facebook, I mean facebook itself, which attempts to increase addictiveness by highlighting extremes and conflict as a matter of "entertainment").
On top of that, he and his companies are using their power to lobby and push for stuff they full well know is detrimental to society but helpful to facebook, if it is regulation that is designed to strengthen facebook through regulatory capture, or if it is to bring "zero rated" facebook to developing countries in an effort to stomp out local competition before it even exists; Noblesse oblige.
And then there is the constant torrent of news about facebook's other indiscretions, e.g. regarding keeping the data they siphoned off secure, e.g. misusing data gathered under false pretenses like 2fa phone numbers, or e.g. how they treat the poor souls who they hired for pennies in Manila to do their content moderation, etc.
>There's been a spate of bad press about Facebook recently, so that's primarily what's been coloring your view.
I don't give much attention to the attention grabbing op-eds and pundits and sensationalized reporting. E.g. I think the entire Russia stuff when it comes to facebook is overblown, by a lot. But again, thanks for reading my mind.
By and large, I find CNN reporting despicable, MSNBC reporting even more so, but the uncrowned king of despise still remains Fox News, when it comes to TV networks.
>Democrats are very bad people making very bad policy most of the time
Since you bring it up, I believe that Democrats are mostly good people making bad policy most of the time. And that Republicans are, well... kinda split, with some real bad (and loud!) people and some good people with good intensions, and that Republicans make bad policy most of the time.
[1] e.g. https://www.businessinsider.com/embarrassing-and-damaging-zu... or e.g. the bullshit stuff he said in front of congress