Unpopular opinion, but I never bought the idea put forth that most of these companies (Google, Facebook, Twitter, ect) were built from the ground up with unsavory purposes in mind. I believe they just happened to be useful to the powers that be, and co-opted them, much as Reddit was.

Unpopular opinion, but I never bought the idea put forth that most of these companies (Google, Facebook, Twitter, ect) were built from the ground up with unsavory purposes in mind. I beleive they just happened to be useful to the powers that be, and co-opted them, much as Reddit was.