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Re:Facebook shareholders are getting fed up with Zuckerberg ... by dwd on Thursday April 18, 2019 @12:38AM (#19688749)
Agreed, and if you don't like how the company is being run - sell your stock.

Generally speaking, this idea we have these days that activist shareholders can come in and dictate how a company is run is insane.

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Re:Facebook shareholders are getting fed up with Zuckerberg ... by zaccus on Thursday April 18, 2019 @01:49PM (#19693107)
It's not insane, and it's not a new idea. That's always been a right you have as a shareholder in a public company.

And you don't vote by selling your stock, you vote via proxy ballots. Which too many individual investors don't do.

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Re:Facebook shareholders are getting fed up with Zuckerberg ... by dwd on Friday April 19, 2019 @06:41AM (#19698407)
Yes, you get a vote which is a simple yes/no on whatever is brought to a vote - but you don't get to say what is voted on.
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Re:Facebook shareholders are getting fed up with Zuckerberg ... by rdlecler1 on Thursday April 18, 2019 @02:50AM (#19689216)
Second this motion. These shareholders are not family holding shares in a family business. If they’re not voting by selling their stock then can we really say they’re fed up?
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