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Also, did you know that there is some kind of "internal privacy agreement" that prohibits Google employees use of social tools? I know a lot of people working a
by TinaL 17y ago
Also, did you know that there is some kind of "internal privacy agreement" that prohibits Google employees use of social tools? I know a lot of people working at Google that don't share any news, don't use twitter and even Buzz. They don't share favourites videos or anything.
- jrockway 17y agoI have lots of friends at Google that regularly use Twitter, Google Latitude, etc. If there is a policy against it, they sure don't seem to care much about it.
- nostrademons 17y agoI have never heard of such an agreement. Considering I'm a Google employee and am posting on Hacker News, I rather hope it doesn't exist. The reason many Googlers don't use such social tools is, in my experience: 1.) There're still very strict confidentiality requirements about work-related information. Considering that people tend to make a big deal whenever a Googler leaks anything, and that we come in casual contact with many such secrets during our day, many Googlers just find it safer to say nothing. Witness the media firestorm when someone accidentally leaked the Nexus One in a tweet when it was handed out. 2.) Many of us just don't have time. In past jobs, there've been times when I spent 75% of my time on FaceBook and 25% coding. At Google, I've lately been spending about 120% of my time coding.