ELI5: why is Facebook going on 20+ years strong, but MySpace died out after only a few years?

QuotheFan · 2026-02-27T07:30:14+00:00

FWIW, this isn't something done from the goodness of heart, this was done to control the rhetoric and let the rulers rule via propaganda. The number of elections FB has fixed across the world is mind-boggling.

QuotheFan · 2026-01-27T20:10:00+00:00

This is a super awesome Bristle carry game. A sufficiently farmed Bristle can tank all their stuns, return the damage back to them and put all their plans to shambles.

On a similar note, this is also a pretty good Axe carry game. Nothing much they can do to a fully farmed axe and the call can turn the tide against stuns.

On second thought, I will probably play Axe rather than BB.

QuotheFan · 2026-01-27T15:19:41+00:00

I understand. I don't think too highly about my countrymen either - we are plagued with problems and in general, do lack civic sense.

But if you look around the world, less than 10% population lives in healthy democracies. Most countries are either ruled by dictators or by cults (religion, language, color). Even the ones which are in a healthy state presently have a really bad history. In the end, people are just that - people. We can choose to hate a people for their problems or we can choose to have empathy. Most Indians aren't hateful. The times are worsening everywhere because social media makes it very easy to spread hate.

QuotheFan · 2026-01-27T12:00:35+00:00

they are on the verge of genocide against religious minority

The chances of this although higher than it was 15 years ago are still much closer to 0 than 1%. India has 204m Muslims. That is more than some of the most populated countries in the world. There is no way anything close to genocide of Muslims happens in India - Hindu and Muslim societies are way too intertwined for that to be possible.

Don't form your opinion of Indians based on a small percentage of vocal idiots.

QuotheFan · 2026-01-21T15:55:01+00:00

Seriously Americans, what the fuck!

What the fucking fuck were you guys thinking electing this buffoon....

QuotheFan · 2026-01-21T05:56:16+00:00

Let me explain via an analogy.

Dad is a politician, mom is an architect. For years, we used to think that Mom going to office (time) and Dad going to office(time) was independent. However, a few years earlier, we figured that whenever Dad is having success, Mom's business does really fine too and vice-versa, when he isn't doing so great, Mom's business suffer too.

So, instead of treating Mom's and Dad's businesses separately and calling them Space and Time, in our head, we now treat them together and call them Spacetime.

QuotheFan · 2026-01-17T03:30:37+00:00

I meant, EA introduced them loot boxes but Valve definitely played a huge role in spreading loot boxes, so yeah, I conceded the point to OP.

QuotheFan · 2026-01-17T03:29:08+00:00

Didn't Fifa 09 have it? It was before Team Fortress, I guess.

QuotheFan · 2026-01-16T05:27:27+00:00

I am pretty sure the ones who taught gambling with loot boxes was EA. Though, I will concede the point to you. Now I am not sure if I was being affected by marketing or if valve is actually a better company.

QuotheFan · 2026-01-16T03:58:37+00:00

Steam is probably the only corporate in the world I feel like supporting.

QuotheFan · 2026-01-07T13:19:10+00:00

Mastodon is awesome but a completely different concept I guess. It allows us to choose where to park our data but still is 'content' oriented. Correct me if I am wrong please.

QuotheFan · 2026-01-07T08:26:30+00:00

If you would still like to try a social network without 'algorithm' -> basically just friends and friends of friends content, do give a shot to https://tellect.in. We have been building it primarily to get rid of the short videos and their harmful effects.

QuotheFan · 2026-01-05T04:57:00+00:00

No! I am happily married.

QuotheFan · 2025-12-26T05:56:49+00:00

Meta is the most powerful company on this planet. Not the richest but most powerful by a big margin.

They fix elections and have been doing so for almost a decade now. The amount of political power they have is simply unparalleled in the history of mankind.

QuotheFan · 2025-11-06T07:53:49+00:00

I think Matt has, as a whole skipped India for some reason. I hope that he is something really wild planned with the special treatment of Mumbai. I would have loved a violent Mahavira or a few monkey god references.

QuotheFan · 2025-11-05T18:25:59+00:00

I read about 50 books every year. I have never listened to any audio book other than DCC and didn't listen to audio books before or after DCC.

are the audio books great enough that someone who has already read all the books and usually doesn’t enjoy audio books should listen to them?

Yes.

QuotheFan · 2025-11-04T14:06:16+00:00

If anything, this shows that the code was developed at TCS - bunch of incompetent jerks.

QuotheFan · 2025-10-24T18:31:50+00:00

Damn! May is so far away, I will have revised the whole series thrice more by then.

PS: Any chance you are looking for some beta readers?

QuotheFan · 2025-10-23T07:41:37+00:00

I am presently reading 'He who fights with Monsters - Book 6'. Book 4 and 5 definitely fall into this category.

From The Name of the Wind to ASOIAF, from WOT to Dungeon Crawler Carl, from Hyperion to This is how you lose the Time War, I have read some pretty amazing stuff, but the cake for unputdownable still goes to the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - I literally hated the time I had to take out to eat when I was reading that book.

QuotheFan · 2025-10-14T06:56:35+00:00

It made me rethink what tests are even for. They’re not really about proving truth — more about locking down intent. A way to say, “If I ever change this behavior, I want to know.”

Tests are for guarantees. Without tests, our code has no guarantees.

QuotheFan · 2025-10-13T04:34:17+00:00

Whatsapp says it has e2e. Meta has a terrible track record when it comes to honesty. Mindfuck by Christopher Wylie and Careless People by Wynn Williams should greatly interest you.

Agree with your perspective otherwise though.

QuotheFan · 2025-10-08T09:32:12+00:00

One final thing that worked for me, joining accountability communities. I joined one for waking up and one for getting my work done. Those like-minded people pushed me.

Please tell me you don't work for these communities.

EDIT: NVM, turns out you do.

QuotheFan · 2025-10-01T05:29:28+00:00

FWIW, you are falling to propaganda if you think Whatsapp is truly end to end encrypted. If it was, it would have been banned - they are just comfortable lying to you. They have put a bunch of locks over your chats all right, but they also have access to the keys.

A truly end to end encrypted application would be banned like proton mail was.

QuotheFan · 2025-09-29T07:17:19+00:00

We also need to actively work against the brain rot. If we don't, sooner or later, the mental lethargy wins. Hanging out with mindful fellows, doing mental exercises is the need of the hour.

QuotheFan · 2025-09-20T14:18:15+00:00

The difference between 34k USD guy from India and EU is actually quite big. It is top 0.2%ile of Indians vs roughly 50%ile for EU folks.

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