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This is creepy, but I'm not sure why.

Maybe because it's the place that gives a huge chunk of the population 100% of their news and communication also giving them "art"?

I would be very uncomfortable if Fox made a well-funded Facebook clone, but because it's the reverse no one seems to mind.

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Yep especially when it comes to politics people should not be trusting these sites but they increasingly do.

I find it extremely dystopian that Zuckerberg will likely run in 2020

People started theorising this the day he announced that "religion is important to him" which I thought was ridiculous, then he hired Obama's campaign advisers, announced tour of the country and then the recent war on fake news. If he doesn't run directly he's definitely reaching for some political clout

Maybe a state political office first. Governor, perhaps?

This makes much more sense. It would be suicide for him to launch his political career in 2020 in form of a presidential campaign. (billionaire vs billionaire election will demoralize the voter base)

It would be a massive loss for him. Especially with the Democrats in the middle of a war on all fronts, which is the most pressing issue of the next 2020 candidate. I doubt Zuckerberg could navigate the internal politics to find solid support. He would not make it past the primaries. He has a bigger trust perception problem than Hillary. He should wait it out a few cycles, wait for his child to get older and craft a family man image to replace his current image.

A culture enigma, with more money than political experience, that is worshipped by a large demographic for just being rich would suffer a massive loss? I can't help but see history repeating itself. I look forward to 2020's r/The_Mark

He hasn't proven himself to be politically savvy like past candidates and he lacks key differentiations like Trump or Hillary. If he attempts to storm to the top without currying favor it will fracture the DNC and if he wins he could have a situation akin to Trump.

Every time someone mentions Zuck running for president I think of this clip from the code conference where he's asked about privacy and he just about faints. Obviously he has matured since then but I just wonder how he could hold up in a debate.

Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbOwdjSodeU

>r/The_Mark

How oddly appropriate that it also happens to be the term used by con artists to describe their intended victim

Irony being News Corp (owner of Fox) bought MySpace in 2005.

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