Re:Facebook Announces Meta Verified
by libraryatnight on Sunday February 19, 2023 @08:59PM
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I feel the same way. The sad thing is when companies do something horrible and people just say "What do you expect them to do? they exist to make money!" Like it's some impossibility to make money and treat people with decency.
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Re:Facebook Announces Meta Verified
by somenameforme on Monday February 20, 2023 @04:30AM
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Even worse is the complete butchery of fiduciary duty. Like somehow companies are legally obligated to piss on any semblance of ethics, morals, or longterm impact of their decisions. The actual meaning of fiduciary duty has nothing, whatsoever, to do with this - or even maximizing immediate revenues. It just means that the head of a public company can't intentionally harm that company.
One might easily argue that the current trend of screwing everybody as hard as you can is the real breach of duty. Actions have consequences, even if they take substantially longer to materialize than next quarter.