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   -=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-   
      
    AT> Zuck said that "The Biden administration made me do it" but yea right.   
    AT> He colluded with them; he wasn't victimized by them.   
      
   Oh, without a doubt.   
      
    AT> He probably thinks that by donating that he's holding a door open.   
      
   Keep your friends close.  But keep your enemies closer.   
      
    AT> That's smart of them (half-smart.) They'll still take your money.   
    AT> Facebook don't even want my money.   
      
   We don't generate enough revenue for them.  Between the Brave browser (with a   
   built-in ad blocker) and me blocking every ad that pops up, I doubt I generate   
   enough revenue for Facebook to care one way or another.   
      
   Amazon, on the other hand, lost a good customer and probably more when I told   
   everyone I knew about what they did to me.   
      
   On top of that, one of the bit needs today is some thing to replace the   
   "gatekeeper" function of publishers.   
      
   It used to be that publishers functioned as a sort of gatekeeper.  They would   
   only publish books that (they think) would probably sell well (i.e. they were   
   at least pretty good).  Today, anyone can publish.  So we have tons of ebooks   
   and, as the saying goes, 90% are crap.  But we can't find the 10%.  Amazon had   
   the opportunity to be the way we tell what's crap and what's not, but if they   
   won't let people leave bad reviews, that won't work.   
      
    AT> Don't worry: I'll fill in for you on non-woke reviews on Amazon. Maybe   
    AT> my air filters seemed a little like they were made by DEI hires, or   
    AT> something ;)   
      
   I buy so little on Amazon today, it would make no difference.   
      
      
   ... Do not merely believe in miracles, rely on them.   
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