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/bizarro_kvothe Feb 21 '25

Does he need to be liked? Absolutely not. He likes to be liked. He enjoys being liked. He has to be liked. But it’s not like a compulsive need, like his need to be praised.

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u/coconutpiecrust Feb 21 '25

He should do likeable things, then. I thought he was smart. 

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u/InEenEmmer Feb 21 '25

It takes a certain kind of person to do likeable things though.

Things like being a decent person and showing compassion.

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u/BogiDope Feb 22 '25

Imagine if you were a billionaire - with more wealth that you could ever spend in several lifetimes, how little compassion it would require to look around you and decide to use your resources to alleviate human suffering around you, as opposed to going FUCK EVERYONE ELSE, I NEED MOR!!! I NEED EVERYTHING!!!