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Dangers of anthropomorphizing Oracle: is Facebook a lawnmower? (www.youtube.com)
submitted 2 years ago by ruffsl@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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You don't anthropomorphize your lawnmower, the lawnmower just mows the lawn, you stick your hand in there and it'll chop it off, the end. You don't think 'oh, the lawnmower hates me' -- lawnmower doesn't give a shit about you, lawnmower can't hate you. Don't anthropomorphize the lawnmower. Don't fall into that trap about Oracle.
Timestamp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&t=38m34s

Should we be giving social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, or Reddit the benefit of a doubt?

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[–] ruffsl@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I thought this presentations humor was timely with recent events, given how for-profit ventures have been corralling open protocols and FOSS platforms, and may still be a reference that many old programmers would remember.

For a more serious discussion:

[–] luckystarr@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago

Don't anthropomorphize social networks, they hate that.

[–] RobotToaster 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I call my lawnmower kevin.

[–] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

My lawnmower's name is Nacho <3

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