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Business Insider is a pretty trashy "news" website, and to me most everything the article says could apply to modern Silicon Valley culture in general—Snap[chat
by kn0where 10y ago
Business Insider is a pretty trashy "news" website, and to me most everything the article says could apply to modern Silicon Valley culture in general—Snap[chat] just happens to be in LA instead. In fact, I see a lot of HBO's "Silicon Valley" in Snap.
I'm not trying to defend Snap, but these are criticisms that are broadly applicable to many tech companies. The stupid open offices. Executives isolated from ordinary people and reality, on retreats that sound like a "Silicon Valley" punchline. Pretending your company is making the world a better place when you're mostly just building yet another lucrative advertising platform.
- thinkmassive 10y agoYeah, I got a chuckle out of the author being offended that Snap wouldn't confirm the Spectacles project when Business Insider asked, and then it was announced officially by the Wall Street Journal later that same day. Sounds like a good strategy to not confirm leaks by a notorious content mill when you have an official announcement prepared by one of the most respected news organizations in the country.
- ravitation 10y agoTo be fair, some lucrative advertising platforms also make the world better. Google, for example.