I think the comparison is not meant to be between degrees of horribleness betwee...

brickfaced · on April 24, 2025

Complicity in what, exactly? Democracy? Personally I'm less concerned about Facebook staying neutral in 2016 and more concerned about their election sabotage in 2020:

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3616579-zuckerberg-tel...

Of course in the end things turned out for the best, but that's almost certainly not what Sheryl wanted, so I guess it's on theme for the book.

pjc50 · on April 24, 2025

US nationals being subject to arbitrary detention by ICE, with the plan to deport them to irretrievable offshore prisons, is probably not the best.

brickfaced · on April 25, 2025

Big if true. Meanwhile, most are pleased with the bans on men in women's sports and DoD doctors sterilizing children, among other executive actions.

falcor84 · on April 24, 2025

I'm not following, which things turned out for the best?

brickfaced · on April 25, 2025

The 2024 general election.

mariusor · on April 24, 2025

> Complicity in what

The massacres in Myanmar and in the propagation of misinformation relating to the elections in the US in 2020, and probably 2024[1].

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46590890