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Trying to work out what's going on, and what happens next. Mostly tech.

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    Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 24 Sep 2017

    Saying Facebook is working ‘as designed’ when people place hate ads is like saying Office worked as designed when first macro viruses spread

    9:46 AM - 24 Sep 2017
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      2. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 24 Sep 2017

        They made a tool & tried to make it open/easy/useful (tech theology = ‘good’). They didn’t think about people inventing new forms of abuse

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      3. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 24 Sep 2017

        One can criticize FB for not thinking about exploits (and racist ads are an exploit). But claiming it’s part of the business model is wrong

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      4. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 24 Sep 2017

        Bad people will find flaws in large complex systems. This doesn’t mean the people who built the system are bad, nor that the system is

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      5. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 24 Sep 2017

        ‘Jews are bad’ ads remind us of something inherent to humanity, and to large complex tech systems, not anything about much Facebook <\>

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      6. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 24 Sep 2017

        TLDR: sometimes a fuckup is just a fuckup and a bug is just a bug, not the proof for your searing indictment of a company you don’t like

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      1. Sulka Haro‏ @sulka 24 Sep 2017
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        Same for the current crop of USB vulnerabilities

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      1. Christopher Weber  💡‏ @weberpatent 24 Sep 2017
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        Selfpropagating programs in Office unintended. Any ads targeted very specifically is intended.

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      2. Digital Neal‏ @DigitalNeal 24 Sep 2017
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        Facebook was willing to overlook flaws and checks/balances in the quest for shareholder value.

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      3. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @DigitalNeal

        Wrong. They didn’t know it was there and the money was too small to notice

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      1. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 24 Sep 2017
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        They sold the ability to run scripts, so yeah. No different

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