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TheRealBobbyJones t1_j0tr0w9 wrote

Reply to comment by anymorenevermore in [D] Will there be a replacement for Machine Learning Twitter? by MrAcurite

"moral qualms" is a pretty rude thing to say considering that neither Zuckerberg or musk has ever done anything immoral. It's not like they eat babies. They just run their businesses. I should add that any drama related to data, hate speech, or freedom of speech is inevitable considering the business they are in. Show me a popular social media website that didn't have to deal with those kinds of things. I'm pretty certain even myspace caused a ton of drama.

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impossiblefork t1_j0vpz4k wrote

Both have.

Zuckerberg runs Facebook which is one of the big big American ads-and-political-manipulation companies. Companies like Facebook, Reddit etc. actively shape conversations using diverse tools.

Musk is less obviously terrible-- he has a firm which makes electric cars, which is obviously excellent, but he also hypes things in a way that goes a little bit further than is quite reasonable-- whether he's treated Eberhard etc. correctly, that can be debated, but he does seem to have a bit of an anti-worker streak and seems to favour a very productive work culture which unfortunately, if it were made common, would be completely unacceptable-- you'd turn into Japan, and if it continues to be successful and grows, then it will destroy the US workers whose existence currently make it possible-- they'd be like the Dodo.

People can't allowed to choose to work 80 hours a week and spend minimal time with their children, partners or parents, or to be tired during the time they spend with those people.

I think he might also oppose unionization?

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impossiblefork t1_j110skf wrote

Many of these things have the potential to in themselves be societal crises, so how it does not it sound particularly bad, I do not understand.

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unholy_sanchit t1_j0u5qmw wrote

You are being down voted but you are absolutely correct.

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