OH MY GOSH??! 😭 THAT WAS SCARY AF. Just a heads up for those who are planning to listen to the graphic audio. Maybe lower your volume down if it's in max level. 😭 I'm feel like I'm Patricia right now. I'm losing my mind. 😭

maybe i’m too dumb but i don’t get why so many of you are literally obsessed with this… for me it was just mid 😞

I need to keep reminding myself that there was a time maybe 10/20 years ago when people genuinely thought Big Tech would save us all, because I’m spending a lot of my time with this book rolling my eyes like “bitch you worked for the UN you are not that naive”

I sympathize with why Wynn-Williams stayed on as long as she did, but her staying on and helping (even halfheartedly) with Facebook's international policy problems materially contributed to my country being run into the ground by a godsawful president. Actually not JUST my country, but many others too, including the US.

Now Mark’s out here talking about how he wants to make sure refugees in developing countries have internet access for “connectivity,” and his team’s like, “okay… but who’s paying for this?” And Mark is so confident that the refugees will. Like what is actually going through this man’s head to think displaced people with no stable housing or food are going to budget for his special little internet?

If I had even a fraction of Mark Zuckerberg’s audacity, I could probably be doing so much more with my life.

⚠️ Spoilers, includes quotes from Chapter 19. I didn't want to mark it as a spoiler because I want people to read these quotes about Facebook. I personally don't believe it ruins the book to read what I've written below but keep reading at your own risk of "spoiling" the book.⚠️

"Joel (Kaplan) is surprised to learn that Taiwan is an island."

“We need to get moving to establish PACs outside the US. We should have done this a long time—”

“So, this is awkward,” I cut in. Joel looks puzzled.

“That’s illegal. Only US citizens can contribute to elections here. That’s true everywhere. Nobody wants foreigners bankrolling their elections.”

Joel Kaplan served under the Bush Administration for two terms and was the Deputy Chief of Staff. He didn't know Taiwan is an island and he didn't know that trying to influence a foreign country's election is illegal. Just wow! 😳

I am all agog to see Facebook's mad and steady descent to a fascist political tool.

I loooove starting several different discussion threads for different themes when I finish a book (as opposed to one big review), but I’m wondering how best to add it on discussion forums. Should it be “read along 100%” or just non-read-along type post? Where would you guys go looking for post read discussion thoughts?

So I've struggled a bit with Grady Hendrix and his books. I tried to read The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, but simply could not get into it and DNF'ed about a quarter of the way through. I gave him another shot with My Best Friend's Exorcism and absolutely loved it. So my question is for those of you who've read this: should I give this book a shot? Or should I try another one of his titles like How to Sell a Haunted House? Or maybe avoid his current publications?? Please help a poor grrl out :)