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Personally, I think he is doing the right thing. The more fb communicates the more the press is going after them. At this pt, fb should just stop communicating
by product50 9y ago
Personally, I think he is doing the right thing. The more fb communicates the more the press is going after them. At this pt, fb should just stop communicating as that will give media less fodder to go after since they tend to dig into smaller details anyways to get more views.
A good counter example is Twitter which had equal if not more exposure on Russian ads but they have kept mum. And no one is going after them.
- TAForObvReasons 9y agoThere are two ways to weather a crisis: get out in front of it or keep quiet and hope people move on. The problem in this case is that FB represents a direct threat to the media businesses, and they are incentivized to drag out the issue as long as necessary
- timr 9y ago"The problem in this case is that FB represents a direct threat to the media businesses, and they are incentivized to drag out the issue as long as necessary" Maybe the problem is that they've actually done something objectionable here, and it's not just a conspiracy against them.
- TAForObvReasons 9y ago> Maybe the problem is that they've actually done something objectionable here, and it's not just a conspiracy against them. That is very clear, and I think you missed the point. We've seen numerous examples recently, including Equifax and Wells Fargo and Mylan, of objectionable situations where the strategy of "say as little as possible" allowed the companies to move on and show even greater profits. None of those companies represent a threat to the media entities. What makes the current Facebook situation different from those is the added incentives.
- timr 9y agoI don't grant your premise. All three of those examples were (and continue to be) excoriated by the media for weeks. So far, Facebook has had a bad weekend. We're a long way from media conspiracy. In other words, nothing here is out of the ordinary.
- 9889095r3jh 9y ago> Personally, I think he is doing the right thing. Right for who? > fb should just stop communicating as that will give media less fodder Oh I see. Right for Facebook's public image. Wrong for their customers which have a right to know what the hell Facebook has been doing with their data.
- odorousrex 9y agoI think you mean "Users" instead of "Customers". If you're not paying for it, you're the product.
- 9889095r3jh 9y agoYou're correct, and I should have made that clear. Unfortunately it's too late to edit my comment.
- sametmax 9y agoWhy a company like FB would do anything right for their customer ? They never did. It was always about FB. How does that surprises you ? They are not Mozilla.
- 9889095r3jh 9y agoIt doesn't surprise me. It surprises me that people on HN try to defend their business model.
- InitialLastName 9y agoFacebook's customers aren't the ones whose data Facebook has been misusing. As a rule, a company's customers are revenue sources.