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I don't have much of a view on it. I don't have a facebook account and don't work there. Just noting there are those with strong opinions on whether one should

by harry8 10y ago

I don't have much of a view on it. I don't have a facebook account and don't work there. Just noting there are those with strong opinions on whether one should work there at all which is another dimension worth considering. Read and decide for yourself. https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/11/facebook-still-literally-the-worst/ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/11/facebook-still-literally-th... More from him here: https://www.jwz.org/blog/?s=facebook+the+worst https://www.jwz.org/blog/?s=facebook+the+worst

matheweis 10y ago
Almost downvoted, then realized this really was jwz... definitely the right place to go if you want a strong opinion. He evidently has strong opinions about HN too. ;) (For those it's not immediately obvious to, you'll need to visit the link without an HN referral...)
electricEmu 10y ago
Note that direct linking to that site from HN yields some interesting redirection logic.
- harry8 10y ago
  Hilarious redirect. Didn't know that would happen, love it! Yeah cut and paste those links if you want them.
- lloydde 10y ago
  Here I thought it was also on topic as jwz's views regarding FB.
  - adtac 10y ago
    It's hilarious that he has a "Like" button in the upper right corner embedded on every post.
vinhboy 10y ago
So whats his beef with FB? And HN? outoftheloop
- sneak 10y ago
  He's a cranky old unix dude who wrote one of the first major cross-platform web browsers (his old blog has plenty of great rants about platform-specific unix fuckery in the 90s), then cashed out and now sells beer to clubgoers in SF (after a not-so-brief tango with the SF and CA local governments during the renovation and relicensing of his club). If that plot arc doesn't yield a severely cranky and antisocial person, nothing will. FB (the organization) and HN sort of embody a lot of the attributes that tend to make the SFBA insufferable at times, to be sure. Mix in one person constructed by the universe explicitly to embody maximum crankiness, and you've got yourself a scrotal egg cup on your screen.
  - patmcguire 10y ago
    Netscape. I hope that's not a name that's fallen out of public memory. Not that he was the only person by a long shot, but he was a minor celebrity at the time. He also has the same general profile as Richard Stallman: strident about seemingly trivial things that in retrospect were clearly big deals. I think he's pissed at HN because of the conversation surrounding https://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/11/watch-a-vc-use-my-name-to-sell-a-con/ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/11/watch-a-vc-use-my-name-to-s... (copy paste advised). His tales have been repurposed to get you to stop questioning management.
    - vinhboy 10y ago
      Good link. I agree with him. But I can't believe he uses 6pm as an appropriate time to leave the office. I am thinking more like 3pm...
  - yawaramin 10y ago
    'Cranky old Unix dude'? Jesus. Please read his interview in Peter Siebel's Coders at Work, it's fascinating.

by harry8 10y ago

matheweis 10y ago

Almost downvoted, then realized this really was jwz... definitely the right place to go if you want a strong opinion. He evidently has strong opinions about HN too. ;) (For those it's not immediately obvious to, you'll need to visit the link without an HN referral...)

electricEmu 10y ago

Note that direct linking to that site from HN yields some interesting redirection logic.

harry8 10y ago
Hilarious redirect. Didn't know that would happen, love it! Yeah cut and paste those links if you want them.
lloydde 10y ago
Here I thought it was also on topic as jwz's views regarding FB.
- adtac 10y ago
  It's hilarious that he has a "Like" button in the upper right corner embedded on every post.

vinhboy 10y ago

So whats his beef with FB? And HN? outoftheloop

sneak 10y ago
He's a cranky old unix dude who wrote one of the first major cross-platform web browsers (his old blog has plenty of great rants about platform-specific unix fuckery in the 90s), then cashed out and now sells beer to clubgoers in SF (after a not-so-brief tango with the SF and CA local governments during the renovation and relicensing of his club). If that plot arc doesn't yield a severely cranky and antisocial person, nothing will. FB (the organization) and HN sort of embody a lot of the attributes that tend to make the SFBA insufferable at times, to be sure. Mix in one person constructed by the universe explicitly to embody maximum crankiness, and you've got yourself a scrotal egg cup on your screen.
- patmcguire 10y ago
  Netscape. I hope that's not a name that's fallen out of public memory. Not that he was the only person by a long shot, but he was a minor celebrity at the time. He also has the same general profile as Richard Stallman: strident about seemingly trivial things that in retrospect were clearly big deals. I think he's pissed at HN because of the conversation surrounding https://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/11/watch-a-vc-use-my-name-to-sell-a-con/ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/11/watch-a-vc-use-my-name-to-s... (copy paste advised). His tales have been repurposed to get you to stop questioning management.
  - vinhboy 10y ago
    Good link. I agree with him. But I can't believe he uses 6pm as an appropriate time to leave the office. I am thinking more like 3pm...
- yawaramin 10y ago
  'Cranky old Unix dude'? Jesus. Please read his interview in Peter Siebel's Coders at Work, it's fascinating.