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Re:FB seals off some internal message boards to prevent leak... by refurb on Thursday October 14, 2021 @11:40AM (#28865811)
Is your argument that the world would be a better place if those wiki pages weren’t public?
Re:FB seals off some internal message boards to prevent leak... by aerosmile on Thursday October 14, 2021 @11:57AM (#28866057)
Not at all. Most companies are not in the business of making the world a better place, and therefore they are not going to be optimizing their info access policies against that target, but instead they will be optimizing for shareholder value or what have you.

Don't confuse this statement with an endorsement - I wish it all worked differently, but this is the reality.

Re:FB seals off some internal message boards to prevent leak... by oceanplexian on Thursday October 14, 2021 @12:11PM (#28866232)
Most companies put a lot of money and reputation on the line advertising and taking stances on current events in such a way to imply that they are "in the business of making the world a better place". Either they need to step up and practice what they preach, or a regulatory agency like the FTC should step in when they make false claims about corporate governance.
Re:FB seals off some internal message boards to prevent leak... by geofft on Thursday October 14, 2021 @11:58AM (#28866076)
I think this comment is giving an (interesting, IMO) example of the claim "Sometimes transparency encourages bad actors" and not making a value judgment on whether it is worth the tradeoff to limit internal transparency just to have stopped this one bad actor.