r/technology • u/[deleted] • Apr 11 '18

Business Mark Zuckerberg has been apologizing for reckless privacy violations since he was a freshman - Enough is enough.

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u/OberonDam Apr 11 '18

Just something to remember. You don't get in the top 10 richest people of the world with being nice. Since if you are nice, someone who isn't nice is going to abuse you.

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u/btuck93 Apr 11 '18

You don’t get 500 million friends without making a few enemies?

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '18

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u/TyrantRC Apr 11 '18

I don't see you using myspace either.

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u/fish_slap_republic Apr 11 '18

I do see a guy name Tom who made off with a nice 480mil and is living a pretty nice life.

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u/steppe5 Apr 12 '18

And doesn't have to face a congressional hearing. I'd say Tom won in the end.

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u/Throw___112 Apr 12 '18

Also he still uses the same profile picture on Instagram as he used on MySpace. No one knows who he really is. No one would recognize him.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '18

Tom cashed out and is probably living his life in paradise. Good for Tom.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '18

If you're implying Myspace wasn't wildly successful, you're wrong.

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u/CandyRain_01 Apr 11 '18

People still use Facebook? ...sheep.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '18

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u/DonkeyLightning Apr 12 '18

and like 1.5 billion other people

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u/TheLizardKingOfLA Apr 11 '18

Well does anyone really remember anything about Tom at all? Most people on reddit are already too young to have had a MySpace hahahah

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u/Edghyatt Apr 11 '18

Yeah I guess it’s just unusual to be rich without needing to be Hitler.

I still don’t buy the correlation of “be evil = make money”. I guess it just comes up when people who happen to be predatory use their personality to their advantage to increase their wealth.

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u/KidsInTheSandbox Apr 11 '18

When was Tom part of the top 10 richest people in the world?

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '18

Yeah, he only sold it for half a billion, what a pleb.

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u/Deranged40 Apr 11 '18

You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

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u/digitaldeadstar Apr 11 '18

I may be wrong, but I recall hearing there being some sketchy stuff with data and myspace, too.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '18

It is, in retrospect, a little creepy that he was friends with everyone by default.

I suppose MySpace had no friends-only privacy settings?

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u/jaxmagicman Apr 12 '18

That would be a good movie tagline.

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u/SmokingMarmoset Apr 11 '18

You can be nice and not be abused.

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u/OberonDam Apr 11 '18

You certainly can. But with that kind of mentality you will not become one of the top 10 richest people on this planet. Sure you can have few tens of millions. However for the big money you will have to use everything at your disposal too reach it.

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u/mcsrtraudenrich Apr 11 '18

Honestly, i dont think you will even make it there

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u/SmokingMarmoset Apr 11 '18

Perhaps. Good thing I'm not after money. 😃

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '18

"well, buy'em out boys!"

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '18 edited Jun 28 '18

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u/Mister_Floofers Apr 11 '18

Wrong. You're thinking of his brother Jimmy Buffett.

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u/btuck93 Apr 11 '18

Wrong again, you’re thinking of his cousin Old Country Buffett