Re:Ask HN: I joined a big co, like the team, hate some polic...
by downandout on Saturday July 23, 2016 @11:26PM
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>Ethical people do not need to leave Silicon Valley. Dishonesty is not prerequisite to success. Your claims are wrong.
Again, you're implying things that I simply didn't say.
>A media company showing up on Facebook more than you would prefer is, at worst, mildly annoying
You're right, that's not spam, but that's not what I was referring to either. I'm not going to write a massive explanation here of the specific Facebook spamming techniques employed by Buzzfeed et al, but suffice it to say that they are actively and aggressively spamming to "prime the viral pump" with certain stories.
Again, you're implying things that I simply didn't say.
>A media company showing up on Facebook more than you would prefer is, at worst, mildly annoying
You're right, that's not spam, but that's not what I was referring to either. I'm not going to write a massive explanation here of the specific Facebook spamming techniques employed by Buzzfeed et al, but suffice it to say that they are actively and aggressively spamming to "prime the viral pump" with certain stories.