> I think hackernews has a strong anti-facebook bias
Is HN really more anti-Facebook than the general population? If so, why?
Is HN really more anti-Facebook than the general population? If so, why?
Yes, definitely.
> If so, why?
Because the general population cares less about privacy than HN. But I (not OP) think it goes deeper than that, and I've seen people here deliberately spreading lies about FB.
A paranoid and overly Orwellian idea for sure, but interesting to play around with!
I'm not really a proper programmer. I know a little HTML and CSS, but I seem to fit in here better than most places. I have a Certificate in GIS, I run my own websites and I seem to relate to the internet differently than most people who are into Facebook.
The comments I see on HN seem to generally agree with that pattern: It's seems like it's "just not my cup of tea" for a lot of people who are more computer literate than average. On top of that, the privacy issues have become such a big deal of late.
More generally, I doubt any employee of a large tech firm has so much loyalty and devotion to their employer that they would take to the internet to undermine a competitor.