Garbage Collection. Not all blog titles are ready-made for context-free consumption on HN. One could argue that HN's general context would suggest the given interpretation, but I've been led astray by such assumptions before. In this case it holds.
I'm genuinely worried for that guy. He's exposing powerful connected people and I can't really see that end well. It's not like people retweeting and liking his tweets have any sort of power like what is alleged.
This is simply not true.
It's obviously the same company and will treat your privacy right the same way (i.e. as nonexistant)
Further, you need a facebook account to log in (at least, for now) and it needs to be your real name (if you don't want to run afoul to Meta's terms and conditions).
"Yes. Facebook will use information related to your use of VR and other Facebook products to show you personalized content, including ads, across Facebook products. This could include recommendations for Oculus Events you might like, ads about Facebook apps and technologies, or ads from developers for their VR apps."
Chris Dixon is dishonestly pumping Web3 as if it exists today. He has a huge financial incentive to do so because of A16Z putting $2B into a crypto mandated fund.
Mark my words, retail investors and speculators with everything to lose will get sucked into buying the tokens people like him promote and be left with nothing of utility.
"Web3" as it is being proposed now is essentially an unregistered securities offering. The SEC is asleep at the wheel and A16Z is taking full advantage of it, as is their capitalistic right. This is the 2017 ICO craze rebranded.