By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/08/2026I think the causal arrow points in the other direction: I think that Zuck founded Facebook *because* he doesn't really believe that other people are truly *real*, at least not as real as he is. 4/ 945360
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/08/2026We see this in Facebook's very earliest days, as we see it today, as we see it at every critical juncture in Facebook and Zuckerberg's history. 5/ 11704
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/08/2026Consider Facebook's origins, founded by a young Zuckerberg in his dorm as a means to nonconsensually rate the fuckability of his fellow Harvard undergrads: mashable.com/article/mark... 6/mashable.comMark Zuckerberg keeps lying about Facebook's origin storyIn a speech at Georgetown University, Zuckerberg once again blew smoke up the world's you-know-what. 221228