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Ex-nytimes, author of The Know-It-Alls, on Silicon Valley's libertarian politics: https://t.co/XI3ervMC1T.
Mar 20, 2018 11 tweets 3 min read
1. A thread on Facemash — the first social network that Mark Zuckerberg had to apologize for. First viral sensation, too: in a weekend, there were 450 visitors and 22,000 votes over which of two photos of Harvard undergrads (men and women) was “hotter.” thecrimson.com/article/2003/1… 2. Sharpest objections came from two campus women’s groups — Fuerza Latina and Association of Black Harvard Women — who didn’t see the fun in automating the process of judging people based on looks. He pulled the site down quickly and apologized to the two organizations.