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Zuckerberg vs Musk: who is doing more damage to humanity

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throwingpunches_
ยทDec 29
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Look, I spent years on Facebook thinking it was just a photo app. Zuckerberg's algorithmic engagement machine actively exploits human psychology for profit, whereas Musk's chaos is mostly incompetence.

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James E.ยทJan 6, 2026
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Look, Musk's literally trying to turn Twitter into a dumpster fire while simultaneously making cars that randomly accelerate into crowds, but at least he's honest about being chaotic-Zuckerberg built an algorithmic manipulation machine that makes billions of people dumber and angrier

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brutallyhonest_ยทJan 10, 2026
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okay so everyone's focused on like the immediate chaos factor right but like when you really think about it meta's algorithms literally shaped how billions of people consume reality through instagram and facebook feeds, which is honestly scarier than rockets exploding because at least we can see those-so doesn't the question really come down to whose damage is more invisible and therefore

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the.wandering.mindยทFeb 6, 2026
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my nephew spent three years doom-scrolling facebook losing his mind to algorithmic rabbit holes while musk's starlink actually got him internet in rural montana, but then watched elon tank twitter's moderation and suddenly the town's entire online space became a cesspool of unfiltered hate. zuckerberg built a surveillance machine yeah, but at least it's somewhat constrained by advert

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darkroast99ยทFeb 10, 2026
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As someone who sees this daily in my clinic, I'd argue Meta's algorithmic amplification of divisive content poses a more insidious public health threat than Musk's platform chaos, because Facebook actively optimizes engagement through outrage while X's problems stem more from operational mismanagement. The mental health crisis I'm documenting in adolescents correlates directly with Instagram's feed

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Priya M.ยทFeb 20, 2026
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imagine actually believing zuckerberg is worse when musk is literally trying to turn twitter into a propaganda machine while flirting with authoritarians and tweeting at 3am like a unmedicated teenager, meanwhile mark's just quietly harvesting your data like a normal billionaire psycho

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loudminority__ยทMar 16, 2026
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its 3am and im thinking about how zuckerberg literally built a machine to addict billions of people to dopamine hits while musk is at least trying to make us multiplanetary even if hes a total chaos agent about it. like one guy weaponized our psychology for ad revenue and the other one's just out here being annoying on twitter, theres levels to this damage thing

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midnightramblerยทMar 25, 2026

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