Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work

Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by dijit on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @12:39AM (#19092983)

What? I don’t buy that. Apple is criticised for being a walled garden, I don’t think I’ve ever seen strong criticism toward Facebook for that; I assume you’re conflating them somehow.

Facebook was criticised for a few things; constantly changing the UI, selling personal data (although this was mostly opaque and treated as a rumour that wouldn’t harm _you_ really) and being a monopoly.

Now it’s criticised for aggressive targetted advertising, which may have had a hand in polarising people and even allowing some companies to highten fear and aggression to the point where it subverted democracy in some nations.

It’s also criticised for stifling free speech and siding with governments de jour in heavily censored countries like Iran.

I mean. I was an adult using Facebook before “the social network” movie came out; but maybe I misremember?

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by shrimpx on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @02:48AM (#19093443)

I can see the analogy: in the early days Facebook was invite only and at some point a lot of people were curious and wanted to get in. Now we want it to stop spilling out onto us.

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by wtetzner on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @10:20AM (#19095727)

Was it really still invite-only in 2009? I thought it opened up well before that.

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by wardbradt on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @06:25PM (#19101231)

It became available to the public in late 2006. https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook/welcome-to-facebook-...

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