Facebook was Caught Secretly Deleting Mark Zuckerberg's Sent Messages

Re:Facebook was Caught Secretly Deleting Mark Zuckerberg's S... by rootusrootus on Saturday April 07, 2018 @01:34PM (#16781702)

Did FB really think it was going to remain a secret? "Unsending" messages that have already been read by the recipient is difficult to hide, and especially when you're the CEO of FB one of those past recipients is going to pick up on it pretty quickly.

Either FB knew and does not care, or their PR folks are completely incompetent (or in the dark), or hubris at the highest levels.

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Re:Facebook was Caught Secretly Deleting Mark Zuckerberg's S... by dbasedweeb on Saturday April 07, 2018 @02:02PM (#16781855)

Third option: Zuckerberg said, “just fucking do it,” and they just fucking did it. Total control is very much a double edged sword, especially when the person in control seems to have only a tenuous grasp of human nature.

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Re:Facebook was Caught Secretly Deleting Mark Zuckerberg's S... by well-here-we on Saturday April 07, 2018 @02:26PM (#16781995)

Or lawyers made the decision as part of their “document retention” policy, and no one spent much time thinking about the repercussions.

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