So, you wanted some evidence regarding Facebook being a load of useless, dangerous wank...

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...and Mark Zuckerberg being a c*nt?

Happy to oblige:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/09/20/100920fa_fact_vargas?currentPage=all

(Cheers to everyone who sent me the link.)

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I still would prefer it if they would use the upcoming media interest because of the movie to write high-profile articles about the dangers of what's Facebook doing now and what they could (or will) do in the future with all the harvested data.

Yesterday's Dilbert.

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*Nods.* Because there are some loose parallels, I'm reminded of the vague (and ultimately harmless, since the majority of people continued to use Windows) anti-Micro$oft stance held by some in the media at the turn of this century: the same focus on a single personality (Bill Gates, instead of Zuckerberg), and even a semi-critical and semi-fictionalised film (Pirates of Silicon Valley) doing the rounds. However, I'm convinced that this time the "pressure" being applied not to ditch the product is distinctly peer-related ("But EVERYONE is on Facebook!"), and - despite the relatively high-profile privacy concerns raised - therefore much more insidious.