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Nolte: Mark Zuckerberg’s Fatal Error — Not Leaving Everyone the Hell Alone
Breitbart ^ | 3-21-2018 | JOHN NOLTE

Posted on 03/21/2018 11:52:22 AM PDT by servo1969

Make no mistake, Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook are in trouble — not just here in America, but all over the world. The Tech Tyrant has only himself to blame. Had he just left us alone, he would not be so alone or widely viewed as a monopoly with all the inherent risks in that. He would also not be a national pariah. When you are in charge of something, be it a Girl Scout troop or one of the most powerful tech companies in the world, the only way to stay out of trouble is with simple and clear rules applied equally. By not doing this, Zuckerberg has wrapped himself ’round his own axle.

Even a billion or so Facebook users are unhappy with him. They feel trapped on a platform that offends them. Much of this resentment comes from feeling swindled. After herding us all into his monopolistic public square, Zuckerberg changed the rules.

On both the micro and macro levels, as Facebook arbitrarily singles out conservatives for suppression, censorship, and purges (not to mention left-wing “fact checks”), all while leftists doing the same remain mostly unmolested. There is no question that this is a digital public square lousy with double standards that we all witness on an almost daily basis

Facebook’s entire problem is right there on its page of Kafka-esque “community standards.” What I mean by Kafka-esque is the opaqueness of rules that can be interpreted in so many different ways — which means there really are no rules, which means 1) you don’t know what the boundaries are, so 2) you are intimidated into not expressing yourself fully, and 3) you can be suspended or purged by Facebook without ever knowing why.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: datamining; facebook; zuckerberg
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To: servo1969
Mark Zuckerberg is a useful idiot of the left and now that he has outlived his usefulness, they are going to vilify him and take over his empire for their purposes.
He will be lucky if he doesn't spend time in prison.

61 posted on 03/21/2018 3:49:40 PM PDT by Falcon4.0
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To: servo1969

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62 posted on 03/21/2018 3:50:12 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: DarthVader
Until the leadership changes, the R’s are in trouble.

Nah, server farms a dirt cheap. So cheap that the Pentagon just farmed their storage out to Amazon.

64 posted on 03/21/2018 4:43:52 PM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: ctdonath2

The competitors you list are not competitors they are wannabe alternatives.


65 posted on 03/21/2018 4:54:04 PM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: ctdonath2
YOU choose to use Facebook et al, when others are just as easy to launch. I mean really - you’re bitching about “monopoly” when alternatives are literally a click/touch one inch above this sentence? Really?

Those service you are promoting are no more alternatives than candles are a replacement for electric lights.

66 posted on 03/21/2018 5:02:09 PM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: servo1969

I confess that I never have been attracted to using Facebook.

And I do not like Zuckerberg and would like to see him get a dressing down because he is a snot.

But, I have a problem. I cannot see how in the world selling all the data he acquired to various and sundry entities amounts to influencing an election.

The claim is that misinformation was posted to influence and that sounds to me like normal campaign ads. If you are influenced by ads or fake information, how is that Facebook’s fault. We are bombarded with goofy ads and insults to the opposition,...on TV and the Internet, most not very clever, but is that how we are supposed to decide for whom to vote.

How about listening to the candidate, researching their backgrounds, paying attention to their history...I guess I find it odd that anything that I saw on Facebook would influence me in any way.

But I still dislike Zuckerberg. Look forward to seeing him at the investigations.


67 posted on 03/21/2018 5:10:29 PM PDT by Maris Crane (`)
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To: grania

I got a new waffle iron a few weeks ago and was searching belgian yeast batter and now the whole internet is convinced I have a yeast infection and pitches me Vagisil constantly.


68 posted on 03/21/2018 5:14:47 PM PDT by txhurl (The Final Thunderdome: Two Americas enter, One America leaves)
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To: servo1969

Facebook is evil. Satan sits on the board of directors and has lots to do with the company is run.


69 posted on 03/21/2018 5:15:58 PM PDT by upchuck (Keep a sharp lookout. The best is yet to come.)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Think about it . . . and refuse to surrender your liberty and personal freedom !

On the Internet, you're either the customer...or the product.

70 posted on 03/21/2018 5:18:43 PM PDT by gogeo (excellent!)
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To: txhurl

WOW!! That’s extreme.


71 posted on 03/21/2018 6:07:05 PM PDT by grania (Deplorable and ProMy ud of It!)
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To: gogeo
gogeo :" On the Internet, you're either the customer...or the product. "

Well stated !
Brief, concise, and to the heart of the matter !

72 posted on 03/21/2018 6:12:19 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: itsahoot

We’re talking social media here, not essentials like electricity or gasoline.
You can live without Facebook & Twitter.


73 posted on 03/21/2018 6:24:34 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: ctdonath2

Used Duck for a long time, but unaware of the others.... thanks.


74 posted on 03/21/2018 6:25:53 PM PDT by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: ctdonath2

I have the accounts but never, ever post. I follow Dennis Miller and some other sites. I log to serf.


75 posted on 03/21/2018 6:28:20 PM PDT by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: itsahoot

?????? You are replying to the wrong post.


76 posted on 03/21/2018 6:33:02 PM PDT by DarthVader ("The biggeest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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To: ncdrumr

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77 posted on 03/21/2018 6:40:26 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: servo1969

It was that great early vaudevillian Jimmy Durante who is credited with the phrase “Everybody should leave everybody else the hell alone.”
Jimmy was right!


78 posted on 03/21/2018 6:47:56 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (Why are damn near ALL the SEX FIENDS Democrats?)
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To: servo1969
When the system hands billions of dollars to a pimple faced punk, it gets what it paid for.
79 posted on 03/21/2018 8:09:23 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: outofsalt

Thanks, it does!!


80 posted on 03/21/2018 10:25:14 PM PDT by navymom1
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