• sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Real talk, can anyone explain to me why exactly Meta/FB pander to the right this hard? Are the ad dollars/engagement that good?

      • JasonDJ@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Ding ding ding.

        He was one of Facebooks first investors.

        Also a good friend of Elon. The dude who proclaimed “Fuck Zuck!” as he bought Twitter.

        Thiel got his fortune from PayPal. Along with Musk.

        Who knew 20 years ago that the nerds who made bank on the dotcom bubble would grow up to be the evil cabal taking over the world?

        • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
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          4 months ago

          They were never the nerds though. They were never the ones actually implementing anything, Zuckerberg is probably the most talented out of all of them, they were always just the ones swinging the cash around.

          • Tyfud@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            4 months ago

            And Zuck used php, literally the worst language known to mankind. It is because of Facebook that php hasn’t died the death we were promised.

            • msage@programming.devEnglish
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              4 months ago

              PHP was reborn in the 7th version, and it still works very well.

              And it’s Wordpress’ fault, too.

              • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
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                4 months ago

                If I ever gain access to a time machine I’m not doing shit to Hitler but I will go back in time and wipe out whoever developed bloody WordPress.