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/Ali_Gunningham Feb 21 '25

They have enough money to lift millions out of poverty and homelessness without materially affecting themselves but instead we get surfer Zuck.

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u/discussreunionmotto Feb 22 '25

Exactly. people really don't seem to understand this. We like to think so many problems "can't be solved by money." but actually, they can. Homelessness? gone. Hunger? gone. Healthcare? accessed. College? free. A single one of these billionaires could fix ALL OF THESE and NEVER EVEN NOTICE the money was gone. Am I saying that is necessarily the right way to approach these solutions? maybe not, but the fact that they could be doing SO MUCH more to help SO MANY more people and are CHOOSING not to should really be a greater insight into how much they give a single shit about anyone who isn't them.

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u/eastbayted Feb 22 '25

Now seems as good a time as any to remind the world of the time Elon Musk offered to solve world hunger if he could see the plan, then renigged.

Instead, he "gave" the $6B to his own foundation.

https://truthout.org/articles/musk-pledged-6b-to-solve-world-hunger-but-gave-it-to-his-own-foundation-instead/

Can you imagine? It's like dangling a twenty in front of a hungry person and insisting they show you how they'll feed themselves for $20 that day - and then not liking the answer and saying never mind.

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u/penny_whistle Feb 22 '25

renigged

That’s, uhh .. that’s reneged, there.