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Ben Gilbert: belief

28 Oct 2024 Acquired Meta

“Certainly there’s instant blowback against their publishing My Purchases. Someone (I think) had a engagement spoiled by a diamond ring getting broadcast.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Speaker
Ben Gilbert
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
28 Oct 2024
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
Meta

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…Totally agree. That said, as soon as it’s live it becomes clear that: (1) nobody wants either of these things.. Users don’t want it. Users are confused. Certainly there’s instant blowback against their publishing My Purchases. Someone (I think) had a engagement spoiled by a diamond ring getting broadcast. Oh yeah. I was going to say, this is (2) the privacy implications here actually are horrific, like spoiling engagements. That’s the wholesome, horrific privacy thing. You can imagine the non wholesome publishing stuff that you’re buying versions of this.…

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