Zuckerberg's 11th-hour conversion to anti-wokeism seems steeped in self-interest. I would venture to say he sees the political winds shifting and that the "woke" ideologies are rapidly falling out of favor everywhere.
It's not hard to see why he would conclude this: Olaf Scholz' government in Germany collapsed, the centrists in Austria cannot form a government that does not include the "far right" Freedom Party, Michel Barnier in France saw his government collapse even as it was beginning, and now Justin Trudeau has bowed to the inevitability of fate and resigned as Canadian PM.
All these things occurred as Trump was being elected the 47th President of the United States.
Regardless of whether the MAGA coalition is a true populist movement or a well conceived authoritarian takeover of the US, what seems certain is that the MAGA coalition's political ideals are very much ascendant not just in the US but in Canada and Europe as well. Major markets for Meta's technologies are shifting away from the "woke" mindset.
Zuckerberg, if he has seen this shift in the preveailng trends, is adapting to the new political and cultural reality in order to maintain not just control of Facebook but Facebook's relevance as a dominant social media platform.
That would be shrewd business judgement--and whatever faults Zuckerberg has, being stupid is not one of them.
However, what I doubt will ever change is Zuckerberg's desire to control and manipulate the Facebook userbase. He still wants to exploit Facebook's userbase, he's just changing the priorties behind the exploitation.
I am still waiting for this a…hole to process my appeal from December 20th (one day they said) where they took down my profile and access to my news channel citing breach of community standard concerning child exploitation. No evidence of course because there is none, no due process and no way to contact them.
17 years work taken along with my messenger access and Instagram as well as instantly closing my What’s App account so I cannot contact the families of the cricket team I coach.
Of course I have interviewed in the past victims of Ritual sexual abuse and journalists including Liz Crokin.
Zuckerberg is fighting for his life and is as crooked as Joe Biden.
Too little, too late. The platform is still heavily censored against disfavored speech, so it's hard to see this as anything more than a public relations surge.
Zuckerberg is looking out for himself, even he can see which way things are going.
That said, if what he's doing in self-preservation mode helps to reverse the insane censorship and cancellations of the current system, he has my wholehearted support, for this, at least.
He is a weak little weasel who is losing billions of dollars because normal people ( the majority) are ditching his woke weak, censorship loving platform. He showed us all what his core values are. (Himself and money) 🤷♀️ A strong character would have stood up 4 years ago, not 4 years later when the wind has changed direction because of the strong characters that stood for what's right back when it mattered.
Thanks for this relatively good news. I don't trust him anymore than I do Dorsey or Google but let us see how it goes. He has a lot of patching up to do-he caused a lot of damage during the Floyd riots and Covid.
Zuck at least is taking a step in the right direction. I only wish the coward democrats would too. They have cost our country so much these last 10 years thanks to their shortsightedness and lack of discernment. We still haven’t been freed from the Covid vaccine disaster. I hear they plan to all bear their arms for the next even more dangerous saMRNA injection. One things for sure. We won’t have to suffer as much because many of them may not be with us after the next round of gene poisoning therapy that self replicates. Of course they have their heads in the sand, they don’t bother to pay attention to all the people dying around them. I guess that makes them the most self defeating people in the world. History will tell it all. Mark my words.
I never trusted FB and never joined it, even though so many people, businesses and organizations require you to deal with them through FB. Even my local newspaper required readers to log onto FB before one could comment on any article. So many businesses and organizations still depend on FB for their dealings--it's pathetically lazy.
Zuck got the memo. There's a new sheriff in town. Let's see if any of the policies change at Facebook. When I had an account there years ago, they blocked my posts about organ harvesting of Falun Gong in China.
Then after I quit, they demanded my govt issued ID to close my account. They still spam me with email today, even though I tried to close my account. Facebook is how a social media site would be run by the Mafia.
Zuckerberg's 11th-hour conversion to anti-wokeism seems steeped in self-interest. I would venture to say he sees the political winds shifting and that the "woke" ideologies are rapidly falling out of favor everywhere.
It's not hard to see why he would conclude this: Olaf Scholz' government in Germany collapsed, the centrists in Austria cannot form a government that does not include the "far right" Freedom Party, Michel Barnier in France saw his government collapse even as it was beginning, and now Justin Trudeau has bowed to the inevitability of fate and resigned as Canadian PM.
All these things occurred as Trump was being elected the 47th President of the United States.
Regardless of whether the MAGA coalition is a true populist movement or a well conceived authoritarian takeover of the US, what seems certain is that the MAGA coalition's political ideals are very much ascendant not just in the US but in Canada and Europe as well. Major markets for Meta's technologies are shifting away from the "woke" mindset.
Zuckerberg, if he has seen this shift in the preveailng trends, is adapting to the new political and cultural reality in order to maintain not just control of Facebook but Facebook's relevance as a dominant social media platform.
That would be shrewd business judgement--and whatever faults Zuckerberg has, being stupid is not one of them.
However, what I doubt will ever change is Zuckerberg's desire to control and manipulate the Facebook userbase. He still wants to exploit Facebook's userbase, he's just changing the priorties behind the exploitation.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Lipstick on a pig.
I am still waiting for this a…hole to process my appeal from December 20th (one day they said) where they took down my profile and access to my news channel citing breach of community standard concerning child exploitation. No evidence of course because there is none, no due process and no way to contact them.
17 years work taken along with my messenger access and Instagram as well as instantly closing my What’s App account so I cannot contact the families of the cricket team I coach.
Of course I have interviewed in the past victims of Ritual sexual abuse and journalists including Liz Crokin.
Zuckerberg is fighting for his life and is as crooked as Joe Biden.
Not founded in a dorm room, Zuck and FB are 100% deep state.
Too little, too late. The platform is still heavily censored against disfavored speech, so it's hard to see this as anything more than a public relations surge.
Fb censored Trump. That is a very big hole to get out of.
I left fb in 2020 because of the censorship. He'll have to prove himself for me to even think about going back. But, more power to him
I did the same. I will not trust the platform again.
Zuckerberg is looking out for himself, even he can see which way things are going.
That said, if what he's doing in self-preservation mode helps to reverse the insane censorship and cancellations of the current system, he has my wholehearted support, for this, at least.
He is a weak little weasel who is losing billions of dollars because normal people ( the majority) are ditching his woke weak, censorship loving platform. He showed us all what his core values are. (Himself and money) 🤷♀️ A strong character would have stood up 4 years ago, not 4 years later when the wind has changed direction because of the strong characters that stood for what's right back when it mattered.
Totally agree Tara.
Thanks for this relatively good news. I don't trust him anymore than I do Dorsey or Google but let us see how it goes. He has a lot of patching up to do-he caused a lot of damage during the Floyd riots and Covid.
Zuck is ABSOLUTELY NOT to be trusted under any circumstances.
Zuck at least is taking a step in the right direction. I only wish the coward democrats would too. They have cost our country so much these last 10 years thanks to their shortsightedness and lack of discernment. We still haven’t been freed from the Covid vaccine disaster. I hear they plan to all bear their arms for the next even more dangerous saMRNA injection. One things for sure. We won’t have to suffer as much because many of them may not be with us after the next round of gene poisoning therapy that self replicates. Of course they have their heads in the sand, they don’t bother to pay attention to all the people dying around them. I guess that makes them the most self defeating people in the world. History will tell it all. Mark my words.
I never trusted FB and never joined it, even though so many people, businesses and organizations require you to deal with them through FB. Even my local newspaper required readers to log onto FB before one could comment on any article. So many businesses and organizations still depend on FB for their dealings--it's pathetically lazy.
Lazy is right! And cheap. I hate it when I look up a website, and Facebook is the website. I won't go there.
Zuck got the memo. There's a new sheriff in town. Let's see if any of the policies change at Facebook. When I had an account there years ago, they blocked my posts about organ harvesting of Falun Gong in China.
Then after I quit, they demanded my govt issued ID to close my account. They still spam me with email today, even though I tried to close my account. Facebook is how a social media site would be run by the Mafia.
Whichever way the wind blows...
Who fricking cares? Fraudbook is a crap sandwich whose only intent is forever spying, collecting info and disrupting privacy.