Non-Fiction

cbabe

(6,812 posts) Sun May 4, 2025, 12:00 PM May 2025

Careless People/Sarah Wynn-Williams

First hand account of Facebook and the people and the decisions and the chaos, misogyny, racism, naïveté.

Watching entitled kids with way too much money and power.

Disturbing.

Thoughts?

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Careless People/Sarah Wynn-Williams (Original Post) cbabe May 2025 OP

Wow, super hot book at library with long line of holds on all formats, book, audio, and ebooks. txwhitedove May 2025 #1

Mark tried to get it banned. Made it required reading. cbabe May 2025 #2

Did not know that but, of course we DO read all the banned books! On my library list. txwhitedove May 2025 #3

Some ugly truths: fb rape culture, Myanmar genocide, China human rights violations, etc. cbabe May 2025 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Jul 2025 #5

Ok. You don't like the author. What do you cbabe Jul 2025 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Jul 2025 #7

I was a member of a proto burning man artsy group. Smart cbabe Jul 2025 #8

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txwhitedove

(4,405 posts)

1. Wow, super hot book at library with long line of holds on all formats, book, audio, and ebooks.

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Sun May 4, 2025, 03:47 PM

May 2025

cbabe

(6,812 posts)

2. Mark tried to get it banned. Made it required reading.

Reply to txwhitedove (Reply #1)

Sun May 4, 2025, 03:54 PM

May 2025

txwhitedove

(4,405 posts)

3. Did not know that but, of course we DO read all the banned books! On my library list.

Reply to cbabe (Reply #2)

Sun May 4, 2025, 03:59 PM

May 2025

cbabe

(6,812 posts)

4. Some ugly truths: fb rape culture, Myanmar genocide, China human rights violations, etc.

Reply to txwhitedove (Reply #3)

Sun May 4, 2025, 04:03 PM

May 2025

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cbabe

(6,812 posts)

6. Ok. You don't like the author. What do you

Reply to jfz9580m (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 31, 2025, 11:07 AM

Jul 2025

think about the book? Do you have an insider’s take on fb?

I’m always looking for good criticism.

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cbabe

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8. I was a member of a proto burning man artsy group. Smart

Reply to jfz9580m (Reply #7)

Thu Jul 31, 2025, 11:30 AM

Jul 2025

techs messing around with art. I was struck how second hand/old hat ideas were applauded as long as there were a few blinking lights.

Someone remarked: it’s because they can talk good.

So ‘sales’ was the point. Not creativity or beauty or…

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