mattwg

I think it makes a bit of sense. For a lot of companies Twitter is already a major point of customer interaction and retention. Maybe Salesforce feels like they could monetize that aspect of Twitter, with the advantage that a ton of consumers are already there and using it.

Thanks for following up with details! I wasn't aware you could do this with Messages, that's a nice interface to know about.

> Do you really believe this? They are doing so using a private company.

Do you have to be a non-profit to do good?

> I hope the pitchforks come out against Chan Zuckerberg. They are doing everything possible to build exactly the opposite kind of world that they claim to promote.

I don't know enough specifics about Chan Zuckerberg to respond to this. Sounds like I need to do some more reading, are there any particular resources you've found useful?

I hadn't heard about that before, thanks for sharing it. The idea makes for a comically evil headline, but it isn't obvious to me that the concept is necessarily nefarious or exploitative. It seems very similar to the blood transfusions we already do today to stop people from dying.

> I ended up just scripting Messages.app on a real Mac and that works really well, even 2 years after. I remote control my house that way.

That sounds pretty neat, do you have more details written down anywhere?

How is this true of the Gates Foundation? Or Good Ventures? Chan Zuckerberg is specifically aimed at improving equality. Do you have any actual examples of wealthy philanthropists using "the rest of us" as guinea pigs to cure themselves of disease?

ryandrake's point is an important one, but I don't think this level of cynicism is justified.