Ever wonder if Zuckerberg is a secret Trumpy?

[Kablooie]

We keep hearing over and over how Facebook is a major source of misinformation and promotion of Trump lies.
Could Zuckerberg be trying to keep Trump support going in spite of the restrictions that are supposed to suppress it?

[DFW]

1. I have, but it's hard to rationalize

To be a Trumpanzee, you have be stupid or evil or both. Zuckerberg just strikes me as a brainy nerd who lucked out, but maybe he’s just skillful at concealing his true motives, whatever they might be?

[RANDYWILDMAN]

37. Money grubbing idiot loves money grubbing idiot is not news

Zuckerberg does think he is smarter then Trump and that is a stretch.

I wish them both massive amounts of Karma cause then have both earned it

[SharonClark]

2. No, I never wonder that. He's a nerd who made it big and lives in a bubble of privilege.

I would be surprised if he cares enough to vote.

[LeftInTX]

6. I agree

All the people who complain about FB have probably never spent a second on it.

[SergeStorms]

8. Baloney.

I still have a Facebook account, but will never log in again. I'm relatively certain the vast majority of those critical of Zuckerberg's cash cow are like myself.

It doesn't take a genius to see how Facebook directs people to like minded material, even if that material is false and malicious.

[LeftInTX]

10. I don't get directed to false and malicious materia.

I get directed to stupid ads and stupid memes, like, "What doesn't belong on hamburgers?"

I'm active with the Democratic Party on Facebook. We plan most of our activities on Facebook. It's how all of the Democratic Party does it.

[milestogo]

19. "It's how all of the Democratic Party does it."

And that is not a good thing.

Lots of people don't have Facebook accounts and don't want them.

If I come across an organization that doesn't give me a choice for signing up other than Facebook, I don't sign up.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

29. Yup. There's no way to be a Democrat if you don't have Facebook

I was kind of shocked when I received that edict myself.
/s

[LeftInTX]

31. We also use email, twitter and mobilize and don't use one medium.

Sign up on FB and you get reminders.

[milestogo]

41. Are you unaware of the criticisms of Facebook?

Are you assuming that I am not a Democrat?

[LeftInTX]

42. You are welcome to complain to higher ups:

https://www.facebook.com/joebiden

https://www.facebook.com/KamalaHarris

https://www.facebook.com/pelosiforcongress

https://www.facebook.com/democrats (DNC page)

https://www.facebook.com/traindems (National Democratic Training Commitee) )

https://www.facebook.com/TexasDemocraticParty

[LeftInTX]

33. We also use email, twitter and mobilize for the same events.

FB tends to get instant participation. On FB all you have to do is click "going" and you get reminders and it's in your event list. Mobilize sends text and email reminders.

[SergeStorms]

45. Because you're not looking....

at the same things the lunatics are looking at.

If you don't see it, it doesn't exist?

[luv2fly]

12. Never been on FB

Never will, and I am fully capable of knowing it is a cesspool that helps undermine logic and promotes hate.

[Joinfortmill]

3. I don't think it's a secret.

[radical noodle]

4. I don't think so

if charitable donations are a clue to one's political or ideological beliefs. I didn't know (or at least I didn't remember) that he signed The Giving Pledge.

https://borgenproject.org/mark-zuckerbergs-charitable-donations/

[brooklynite]

5. If he was, he'd be cutting out ANTI Trump and PRO vax content

T

[LeftInTX]

7. Do you ever spend time on Facebook?

Do you go on Facebook to check? How do you know this?

Join MeWe instead.....That's where everyone went when they were mad at FB. However, it turned out to be a RW cesspool....

[dameatball]

18. I agree. I was a member of neighborhood crime watch until the organizers went to MeWe.

[Sympthsical]

30. Join the mutual paranoia that is Next Door, instead!

It was kind of intended as a Neighborhood Watch thing. Now it's a showcase letting me know how many of my neighbors are lunatics.

It is very good at Neighborhood Watching, though. Too good. As in, "Anyone looking vaguely out of place will be posted with extensive Ring footage."

[dameatball]

32. I will have to revisit that. I still have an old account from a different state.

It never seemed to have much on it. I will update to my new address and see what's up around here.

[LeftInTX]

36. If you're in a red area, like me expect to see doxxing and all sorts of crap

At least when it comes to crime watch Me We is more private, but sometimes that can be a bad thing, because the crime watchers can get away with saying more racist s____, but on Nextdoor you have also have the stray rescue people who keep it a bit more balanced.

[LeftInTX]

35. LOL...I know

I head over there when I wanna sell or buy something or something benign, but it's full of RW trolls.

They have gotten better about "black people in the neighborhood" after George Floyd. But, it's still fair game. And they're constant doxxing license plates. It's pretty much a cesspool.

I try to find something good in the mess, but it's hard and it's certainly not worth the time. A few months ago there was actually a civil discussion about what was gonna be at a former Sonic Drive-In. Everyone's hoping it's gonna be an upgrade like Panera. I took the position that Sonic went out of business because no one could get in and out of the location easily due to the way traffic moved at the spot. I think it's gonna be another pawn shop, tire shop, car lot (we are getting small used car lots on that road ) or some other downgrade.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

40. There's brown people walking by my house!!!!

I call White Suburban Paranoia. Lately mine has been obsessed with the homeless. Daily posts about the dopers by the QT - they’re all smoking fentanyl!!!! And one about them opening fire hydrants and contributing to the spread of West Nile Virus.
There was even a post about not bringing them food because it just encourages them to stay. They’re not feral cats, people!!!

[canetoad]

9. No. I think Zuck is an open antagoniser

Who was once a tragic incel. Then he made money.

He want to give every incel, psycho, murderer an equal say. Because of course....

[blogslug]

11. I think Zuckerberg wants to continue expansion of his business with as little regulation as possible

By whatever means necessary.

[JI7]

13. Yes, not a MAGA type but the usual Big Business anti regulation type

[BlueLucy]

14. Zuckerberg puts money high above morals and ethics.

He bathes in greed.

[Midnight Writer]

21. Exactly. Like Trump, all his relationships are transactional.

His moral code is if it's good for him, it's right. If it's bad for him, it's wrong.

[Scrivener7]

15. Whether he is or not, the effect is the same. He did everything he could to help get TFG elected.

[unblock]

16. I think he, like most billionaires, is simply a sociopath

I think it's no coincidence, you almost have to be sociopathic to steer that much money into your own pockets in the first place. Non-sociopaths have a harder time stomping on others or not sharing with others, and so wind up with less money.

That logic doesn't apply to those who inherited great wealth, but then there may be an inherited nature and/or nurture component to sociopathy.


So I don't think zuck has any particular loyalty to Donnie, but he did see financial benefit in helping him, so that's what he did.

[Hortensis]

20. He could well be, but "most billionaires" rode giant updrafts from the

enormous technology-driven explosions of wealth over the past 50 years. A lot of them weren't even primarily motivated, or in some cases at all, by greed for great wealth.

Although we use terms like "sociopath" and "psychopath," psychologists use other terminology, like "antisocial" as in antisocial personality disorder. tRump's in that catchbag.

[Vinca]

17. Who got the giant tax cut? Not us commoners.

[hlthe2b]

22. CBS Sunday morning just did a piece on FB and showed very old footage from prior interview

My Gawd was he a naive' nerdy figure. I determined early on that I had issues with FB and thus have never registered an account, but I guess I was oblivious to HIM back then. He had that effect that for all the world made one wonder how he could tie his own shoes.

So, maybe he is just a clueless nerd who now actually NEEDS the common sense and some defined emotional intellect that he clearly lacks. Or, maybe he really is just a greedy sociopath--like Trump. I don't know. I do know that FB is obscenely harmful to a wide swath of the world at large and should never have been allowed to escape the provisions of FCC regulators.

[Oneironaut]

23. Pretty sure he'll just follow whoever promises to make him money.

He’d follow Adolph Hitler reincarnated if he could make an extra penny.

[CrackityJones75]

24. Secret?

Hardly

[dalton99a]

25. Zuckerberg's moral compass is MONEY.

He doesn't give a shit about America or Americans or democracy or decency or truth

They mean nothing to him.

[yardwork]

26. Zuckerberg is in it for himself. Trump raised billions for FaceBook.

Mark Zuckerberg is a sociopath. Believe it.

[Wounded Bear]

27. Well, most wealthy people lean repub...

because they think that party will help them protect their wealth. By and large they are right in that belief, and trump is repub enough to work for them. Many people don't vote on 'character' if that character sounds like it threatens their bottom line. Trump is an asshole, but he doesn't threaten wealthy people and their money.

[LakeArenal]

28. Never on FB. It seems to bring out the worst in people.

[Tommy Carcetti]

38. Zuckerberg is all for Zuckerberg.

And whatever brings Zuckerberg money.

He’s an apolitical, amoral animal who is happy to play whatever side benefits him.

Which is why he frequently gets the ire of liberals and conservatives alike.

He’s basically Littlefinger from Game of Thrones.

[Tree Lady]

39. He reminds me of my rich cousin

Who is a republican for that reason. I actually understood even though I don't agree why rich people are republicans, they want to keep as much of their money as they can.

My cousin is ok on social issues.

They are the type that would pinch their noses and vote for Trump, don't like him but he gets them what they want, just like the right wing Christians, they know he is as far from godly as possible but gets them the votes against abortion they want.

Mark is like that, when I saw the pics of him smiling with Trump and spending time alone with him, I knew he was finding a way to help him out as much as he could get away with.

[Blue_true]

43. No. His donations say moderate to liberal.

He just cares about money more.

[we can do it]

44. Secret?