There's much to say by way of critiquing Facebook, but obviously the "dumb fucks" bit is not it. That's merely an excuse to feel superior, and the discussions it spawns are predictable, therefore uninteresting, therefore off topic for Hacker News.
All: if you can't think of something stupid or bad you said as a teenager, dig deeper.
Well, good point. It was pretty provocative.
> All: if you can't think of something stupid or bad you said as a teenager, dig deeper.
But I am not the CEO of a company that has all the intimate details of hundreds of millions of users private life. Those in power can handle a bit criticism, it's different than saying it about a random person on the street. Also 26 is not quite a teenager. While people report wild personality changes after that age, it usually doesn't happen.
> There's much to say by way of critiquing Facebook, but obviously the "dumb fucks" bit is not it.
It goes with the paragraph above on how people volunteer the information and even the designer of the service things is pretty ridiculous.
> and the discussions it spawns are predictable, therefore uninteresting, therefore off topic for Hacker News.
Hmm, fair point. Agree with flagging.
(I appreciate the polite reply. It's surprisingly rare when there are that many volatiles in the air.)
He was 19.
A normal person's prefrontal cortex (rational brain) is underdeveloped at that age, and is only fully developed at about 25 or even 30 [1].
So your point may be valid if he actually had been 26, but misses badly given the fact that he was 19.
[1] https://mentalhealthdaily.com/2015/02/18/at-what-age-is-the-...