(not satire)
Facebook likes to make out it’s non-political, and most of the time it’s successfully managed to be.
Until now.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has finally decided to reveal which side of the political divide he’s on.
By funding the right-wing US Republican Party.
Now I know most Facebook users couldn’t give a monkeys about politics, but an awful lot of us do.
I wouldn’t have ever used Menschn – solely because it was the product of a rather annoying Tory MP and an ex-Labour turncoat who liked to post pictures of his willy on Brazilian dating sites.
So I’m not very happy now about using Facebook.
The problem is that there are few alternatives to it.
There’s Google+ of course and the Russian Facebook clone VK (with 100 million users, the most popular social network in Europe).
But neither are likely to challenge Facebook’s dominance in the foreseeable future.
So Zuckerberg is probably safe to peddle his right-wing, extremely valuable influence without fear of a backlash from his Facebook users.
For now.
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Shouldn’t that be ultra right wing?! 😉
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It’s likely that the owners of large companies will have predominantly Conservative political views, it’s hardly a surprise. In Zuckerbergs case Facebook has no editorial content so why boycott Facebook because of his support for the GOP which is both legal and democratic in its operation.
Do you know the political views of the owners of all the other services you use or products you buy, obviously not.
Steve Jobs I believe donated to the Democrats, would it matter if his successor at Apple donated to the Republicans.
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To me – yes it would matter. But I understand that to most people it wouldn’t.
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Reblogged this on Inquisitive Goose and commented:
I had no idea about this!
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I hate FB because it’s a horrible experience, so Zuckerberg’s politics are just another reason not to use it except where absolutely necessary. My family are still in the Gulag. I use Google+ wherever possible.
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Alternatively, use Facebook to promote and disseminate left-of-centre causes.
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