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Kind of moot considering how hard Zuckerberg stanned for Peter Thiel. How much was that Palmer Luckey payout?

I'd argue that if you're working for Facebook you're kind of superficially liberal to begin with. Zuckerberg is only liberal until he has to worry about his bank account.

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Right? I'm always super confused when people profess to know a super liberal Facebook. I've yet to hear/see an actual super liberal defend Facebook as such. It's just whatever conveniently fits the narrative at hand.

Also...Oculus' Head of Computer Vision was busted in an underage prostitution ring after all the Palmer non-sense. Yay.

Not sure how the prostitution bust relates to politics? Pretty sure liberals and conservatives are equally pervs. The latter just tends to be more oppressed about it.

I was responding to OP's Palmer reference, not asserting an opinion about the sexual proclivities of right/left cohorts. Apologies if it came across that way.

Oh they were defending it all right, when it gave the Obama campaign the complete US social graph, which helped Obama to secure his second term.

(what does 'stanned' mean? I can't figure out if it's a typo.)

something like "be a fan boy of..."

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Stan

Usually means an obsessed superfan but have evolved to mean someone with unwavering support of a person or entity. Came from the Eminem song "Stan" about a crazy fan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_(song)

>The name of the eponymous character has given rise to a slang term online which refers to overzealous, maniacal, overly obsessed fans of a celebrity or personality; the term has been included in the Oxford English Dictionary.

yes, and the reason is that you are getting paid a lot to create a “product” that will surely be a net negative when all is said and done (if not, then the point doesnt stand obv) so its getting rich at the expense of greater good, which is disqualifying. your choice of work, and how you carry it out, is perhaps the most political thing you do

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