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Re:Facebook to add 3k people to community operations team to... by golergka on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @02:29PM (#14258667)
That's because the real incentive FB and Twitter have is not to avoid PR fallout - and one side of american political spectrum has an upper hand in that battle.
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Re:Facebook to add 3k people to community operations team to... by hkmurakami on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @02:38PM (#14258759)
For the demographic FB cares about, yes they lean left (which is what I am assuming you are getting at, and I agree with you that most of the time it's safe to just do left leaning PR). But Target openly supported bathroom access rights (left leaning) and have been met with a huge backlash from many right leaning markets which has materially impacted their bottom line with defections to Walmart and ecommerce.

It's not automatic who you need to PR for.

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Re:Facebook to add 3k people to community operations team to... by golergka on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @02:45PM (#14258809)
Why the hell don't we just adopt individual bathroom stalls? This whole debate is so stupid I can't get behind any of the sides.
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Re:Facebook to add 3k people to community operations team to... by theseatoms on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @02:48PM (#14258838)
Cost, probably.
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