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12-11-2017, 08:44 PM
Former Facebook exec says network is 'destroying how society works'
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"You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies."*
That was the tagline for The Social Network, the film about creating Facebook, and it's only become more relevant as the social network has grown to more than 2 billion people. Those "few enemies" are former Facebook executives, people who helped build the tech giant.*
“The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops we’ve created are destroying how society works," said Chamath Palihapitiya, who joined Facebook in 2007 and served as its vice president for user growth. He was referring to the iconic "like" button and other reactions we have while browsing News Feed.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/11/former-facebook-exec-destroying-how-society-works-chamath-palihapitiya/)
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"You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies."*
That was the tagline for The Social Network, the film about creating Facebook, and it's only become more relevant as the social network has grown to more than 2 billion people. Those "few enemies" are former Facebook executives, people who helped build the tech giant.*
“The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops we’ve created are destroying how society works," said Chamath Palihapitiya, who joined Facebook in 2007 and served as its vice president for user growth. He was referring to the iconic "like" button and other reactions we have while browsing News Feed.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/11/former-facebook-exec-destroying-how-society-works-chamath-palihapitiya/)
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