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".. Facebook's team .." Most likely a single dedicated person at FB.
by tintor 9y ago
".. Facebook's team .."
Most likely a single dedicated person at FB.
- sneak 9y agoWho sometimes has a day off, or takes a vacation, or has an illness, so you’re looking at a minimum of 3 persons...
- gambiting 9y agoI guess it's cultural, but I have observed many times that especially in America, there is a lot of emphasis on individualism - the cult of the person and their own achievements is placed above all else. Even if the fix was done by one "dedicated employee" , they still belong to a team of people working together. I feel like singling out one person like this is almost rude to the rest of the team.
- sigsegv0xb 9y agoDo you mean that FB only has one single dedicated person looking at Whitehat tickets or that a single developer made the fix?
- guessmyname 9y agoA single developer made the fix.
- ryanbrunner 9y agoAnd in all likelihood, someone else monitored the incoming reports, recognized that this was a high-priority issue, and fast-tracked it to the developer. On top of that, I don't know Facebook's process that well, but releasing something that quickly probably involved some coordination to get it out so fast. Maybe someone else verified it, maybe someone fast-tracked it through the approval / launch process, etc. Even things like bugfixes are rarely entirely creditable to only developers. Judging by the name of the endpoint, it probably wasn't a super-complicated fix anyway - just disable / blacklist the endpoint that was obviously a mistake / test.
- zitterbewegung 9y agoThey have a dedicated Bug report team that sifts through the nonsense so it can't just be one person..