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Facebook made a grievous PR error taking back the internship. Regardless of who he is, my peers are thinking twice about joining Facebook now due to what looks
by tsunamifury 11y ago
Facebook made a grievous PR error taking back the internship. Regardless of who he is, my peers are thinking twice about joining Facebook now due to what looks like a petty and vindictive administration.
Those who made this decision probably won't see the bad fruits of it directly, but I know of two people who are very talented who turned down offers they were about to accept due to the news.
Those of us who have worked at Google or apple or other top firms know what vindictive and short sighted administration looks like and what a bad sign it is for the environment.
And that's aside from the fact that what the kid did embodies the "hacker way" held up by Mark. Signs of a backwards company having an identity crisis.
- ckdarby 11y agoThis individual bypassed the whitehat policies that Facebook have. He publicly announced an exploit to the world. If you're going to mention a company as a reference to another and you happen to work at that company please disclaimer it...
- lowpro 11y agoIt was hardly an exploit when the data was publicly available... It was a lack of privacy control by Facebook which the public recognition forced them to fix.
- drivingmenuts 11y ago> Facebook made a grievous PR error taking back the internship. Only if the issues surrounding the internship loss can be generalized enough that potential interns and employees will actually give a damn. Otherwise, it's just "some dude lost an internship. Wow. Gimme tha money." Facebook has proven that "Code wins arguments" is bullshit, but Google has proven that they can be just as evil and manipulative as everyone else and you see how that's worked out.