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Does anyone really believe that FB wants to figure out what went wrong? For some reason, I imagine it playing out like the "Top Men" scene from Indiana Jones.

anigbrowl 9y ago
Zuck will put on the Hoodie of Credibility and promise a Full Investigation. Sheryl will invite others to Lean In. Staff will nervously finger their stock options and ponder their vesting schedules. Having said that I don't really want them to fix it so I'm being a touch cynical.
- mandeepj 9y ago
  > I don't really want them to fix it Any particular reason for saying so?
  - avoidit 9y ago
    Not the GP, but I too feel like if they actually fix it, then there is less chance of catching the other equally culpable actors who now seem to think they have gone above the law (AmaGooFaceSoft). Or worse, actually emboldening them to continue their mad rush to collect every piece of information they can about you. If FB actually faces complete implosion, their employees are more likely to rat out on the practices of the other companies based on nothing more than having worked at the other company too (after all, when one tech giant hires someone, they are more likely to be hired by a competing tech giant).
beagle3 9y ago
They know what went wrong, they already fixed the barn door a while ago, although 50M profiles had already left the barn. And they are angry (or should be). Not because they care about users, but because their business is selling influence, and it's not enough that someone managed to outsmart them and sell the most expensive form of influence using facebook's data (with facebook getting little or nothing, certainly not the lion's share or even 100% as they are used to when selling influence) - they are being publicly shamed about it. Everyone who cared (including facebook, politicians, journalists, and a non-trivial amount of the population) knew what was happening. Every single thing about the outrage is a charade, except perhaps Facebook's outrage that CA ate their lunch and left them holding the bag.

anigbrowl 9y ago

Zuck will put on the Hoodie of Credibility and promise a Full Investigation. Sheryl will invite others to Lean In. Staff will nervously finger their stock options and ponder their vesting schedules. Having said that I don't really want them to fix it so I'm being a touch cynical.

mandeepj 9y ago
> I don't really want them to fix it Any particular reason for saying so?
- avoidit 9y ago
  Not the GP, but I too feel like if they actually fix it, then there is less chance of catching the other equally culpable actors who now seem to think they have gone above the law (AmaGooFaceSoft). Or worse, actually emboldening them to continue their mad rush to collect every piece of information they can about you. If FB actually faces complete implosion, their employees are more likely to rat out on the practices of the other companies based on nothing more than having worked at the other company too (after all, when one tech giant hires someone, they are more likely to be hired by a competing tech giant).

beagle3 9y ago

They know what went wrong, they already fixed the barn door a while ago, although 50M profiles had already left the barn. And they are angry (or should be). Not because they care about users, but because their business is selling influence, and it's not enough that someone managed to outsmart them and sell the most expensive form of influence using facebook's data (with facebook getting little or nothing, certainly not the lion's share or even 100% as they are used to when selling influence) - they are being publicly shamed about it. Everyone who cared (including facebook, politicians, journalists, and a non-trivial amount of the population) knew what was happening. Every single thing about the outrage is a charade, except perhaps Facebook's outrage that CA ate their lunch and left them holding the bag.