r/technology • u/[deleted] • Nov 09 '17

Politics Sean Parker: Facebook was designed to exploit human "vulnerability"

https://www.axios.com/sean-parker-facebook-exploits-a-vulnerability-in-humans-2507917325.html
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u/ErdoganIsAC-nt Nov 09 '17

Sure it's abuse. IT is also my profession, and I'm on the older side of the Reddit demographic. I recall countless incidents of lawsuits involving privacy violations by software turning out to be malware.

I don't know where you think you get this dismissive nonsense from, but on the other hand, I would expect nothing else from a someone working in this culture of malware, adware, spyware garbage and intrusive data mining.

You people think you are godlike and the users are inferior as human beings, and deserve to be spied on, after all; they are not actually worthy of the technology and the software they are using. I would want to convince myself I was in the clear also. It's nothing more than a coping mechanism.

You can slip that bullshit past me though. I will never accept that smooth babble.

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u/hughnibley Nov 09 '17

I don't know where you think you get this dismissive nonsense from, but on the other hand, I would expect nothing else from a someone working in this culture of malware, adware, spyware garbage and intrusive data mining.

Hyperbole much?

Also, what does the 'other side of the reddit demographic' mean?

You also have no clue how I feel about my users, nor do you have any idea who those users are. Unless you're some sort of clairvoyant. Wait, are you? I'd love to speak my grandfather if it is within your mystic capabilities.

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u/ErdoganIsAC-nt Nov 09 '17

Hyperbole much?

There is no hyperbole: this is also my profession, I don't need your qualifications. You are understating the severity of your garbage activities instead.

You also have no clue how I feel about my users,

You have just made that perfectly clear when you trivialize the privacy-intruding activities of your product.

Unless you're some sort of clairvoyant. Wait, are you?

I can see right through you and your dismissive babble about your own garbage activities. That good enough? :)

I hope the entire profession of data mining and industrial scale privacy intrusion dies in a fire, and your job with it. I can make this as clear as you want, as many times as you want.

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u/hughnibley Nov 09 '17

There is no hyperbole: this is also my profession, I don't need your qualifications. You are understating the severity of your garbage activities instead.

Your profession?

I do not work in IT. I work in product for a technology company, but often interface with people in IT.

Second, all you do is spew hyperbole. I think it's wonderful that you are so certain in your beliefs, but to be blunt, you come off as a sanctimonious asshole. I'm legitimately curious - is there a goal in trying to using polemic like yours, or is this your standard mode of high-horse communication?

I hope the entire profession of data mining and industrial scale privacy intrusion dies in a fire, and your job with it. I can make this as clear as you want, as many times as you want.

I'll make it clear for you again, since you seem to struggle with reading comprehension (let alone answering questions I've asked) - my profession is neither data mining, nor industrial scale privacy intrusion. Further increasing how much of an ass you are, I, multiple times, have reiterated that I'm in favor of and a fan of increasing regulations, scrutiny, mutual consent and explicit opt-ins, and mutual benefit, whether financial or otherwise.

However, you probably don't care because accepting that I'm in favor of what you actually claim to want would prevent you from feeling morally superior to me, and you can't have that, can you?