r/technology • u/NowThatsMalarkey • Feb 21 '25

Social Media Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover didn’t make people like him, study shows

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/20/mark-zuckerbergs-makeover-didnt-make-people-like-him-study-shows/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANAZlr-hGuhX1KqqPjBTkTce5FHYoTfozy456eW6cuu8YldzC5rpGfIlP07_a0jXdYc_eaaM6DrAXHX5G8e2xGc5SpbfTOxsJAwxR81w_TBGJlcjoLsVnZ8PWO1lNJgWgzm3MMz0BHDbCl-W5ehgrTueoJBD4LubB0aUd2ecJ39Y
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u/the_zero Feb 21 '25

If he's trying to be "likable," maybe he should:

  • Instead of hoarding land and forcing out locals in Hawaii, he could preserve that land and help make housing more affordable for the locals.
  • Be like Gates and try to cure a disease or erase a societal ill.
  • Moderate content on his platforms and make user privacy a priority, even if it means lower profits
  • Set a good example for other billionaires and give money back to better the society he lives in - the one that has made him richer than he ever dreamed. He could invest half his net worth 8 times and still almost have a billion dollars left over. (yeah, I know net worth and liquid cash are different - he could divest his shares, etc.)
  • not bow down and kiss the ass of other oligarchs
  • stand up to brutal regimes that want our data and have proven to meddle in our elections.

I mean, I could go on...

But nah, give him a perm, some bronzer, and have him work out with a personal trainer. That'll work.

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u/blahblah98 Feb 22 '25

Don't forget Facebook's Cambridge Analytica / Mercer / Palantir scandal that may have thrown the Brexit outcome and Trump's first term.