> This seems like a simplistic take, and I don't think it accurately reflects the view of many people who actually work at Facebook. Well sure. I'm sure thousa

> This seems like a simplistic take, and I don't think it accurately reflects the view of many people who actually work at Facebook. Well sure. I'm sure thousands of employees have very sophisticated and subtle views. But when you average out all of those views, it winds up that the only thing that really matters is getting eyes on ads. No one needs to be a villain. The subtle views just cancel each other out, and the huge amount of effort fb puts forth regresses to the mean. Get more eyeballs on ads.