Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site less divisive

Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by evgen on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @04:30AM (#23320778)

'A data startup'? How very generous of you. He co-founded a spyware company that was bought by Facebook to discover what other companies/apps to buy or clone.

You do not get to the position he has at Facebook by having either ethics or morals. Having seen this up close at Facebook HQ I can assure you that everyone at VP level or above there knows what they are doing, knows the long-term consequences, and simply does not care because the paycheck is far too large for simple ethics to enter into the discussion.

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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by modamilk on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @08:24AM (#23322136)

Morality and strong ethics do not place a glass ceiling on anyone’s achievement. Arguably, consistently good ethics lead to more opportunites and better outcomes.

The main issue here is people have different ideas of what is ethical. Disagreements arise when countries and increasingly companies exert power of people given to them by those same people.

In my mind, the same problems existed before facebook and expecting facebook to solve them for everyone is rediculous. Even more rediculius is expecting everyone to accept facebook’s solutions.

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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by 1123581321 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @12:35PM (#23325856)

Thank you for examining his career more closely.

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