Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return

Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by dogman144 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @10:24AM (#28786653)

They'll go work for the AANG in FAANG. If they're good enough to get into FB, they've good enough for the other 4+. FB transferred from a "change the world" to a "change my finances and make my resume" place several yers ago. Several other companies fill in the latter qualification.

Also, and ya I know how this sounds, but if Coinbase keeps it up they and similar companies will and are grabbing some of the same talent.

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Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by geodel on Thursday October 07, 2021 @10:47AM (#28786995)

Ah right. All moral quandaries get resolved while working for AANG.

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Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by SamBam on Thursday October 07, 2021 @10:56AM (#28787129)

Well, perhaps just the N, then. But Netflix has always been the odd-duck in FAANG.

(And yes, you can point out reasons not to work at Netflix, but it seems like a whole nother level than the rest of FAANG.)

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Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by goatlover on Thursday October 07, 2021 @11:14AM (#28787389)

There's been a couple Netflix public outrage instances. Like when they split up their pricing plan for streaming and DVDs, or the backlash over Cuties. But Netflix is still going strong.

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Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @11:29AM (#28787615)

> But Netflix has always been the odd-duck in FAANG.

Yeah, mostly cos they make no money ;)

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Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by WJW on Thursday October 07, 2021 @04:12PM (#28791478)

1.7 billion in profit on ~7 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2021 counts as "no money" these days?

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Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by disgruntledphd2 on Friday October 08, 2021 @11:33AM (#28800394)

Yeah, because it essentially happened because they stopped producing content in 2020, due to the pandemic.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/19/netflix-says-cash-flow-posit...

Netflix have needed external financing to stay in business up till this year. This is very unlike the rest of FAANG (Amazon is similar, but do throw off a lot of free cash).

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Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by asdfman123 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @07:23PM (#28793441)

Let's break this apart: everyone knows big tech has its share of problems. Most liberals can stomach it.

What liberals can't stomach is a company allowing the spread of nasty election lies.

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Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by kazinator on Thursday October 07, 2021 @07:25PM (#28793464)

"Company allowing the spread of nasty election lies" quite literally describes what any media company is doing when they give air time to pretty much any running candidate.

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Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by asdfman123 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @07:51PM (#28793699)

False equivalence

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Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by kazinator on Thursday October 07, 2021 @07:55PM (#28793723)

Sort of. It's how you spread the lies. How they are delimited.

One halfway responsible way: "here is a paid announcement from someone that doesn't necessarily reflect our views: ${LIES}".

On the other end of the spectrum are sneaky, dark patterns and whatnot.

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