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Or perhaps that SV is vocal, excessively so: promises miracles, yesterday, at will, almost for free. In other words, massively overpromises, then underdelivers
by Piskvorrr 9y ago
Or perhaps that SV is vocal, excessively so: promises miracles, yesterday, at will, almost for free. In other words, massively overpromises, then underdelivers - that amounts to painting a huge sign "KICK ME" on its collective butt. While other enterprises might do that as well, even to a criminal extent, they do not brag about it. This might be all the explanation that's needed, no conspiracy necessary.
- qaq 9y agoWhat miracles was FB promising? (Again not a fan of FB).
- Piskvorrr 9y agoI would guess "we'll give you social network, not a total-surveillance tool" would qualify. I don't think the second part would have been a reasonable expectation.
- qaq 9y agoWould you point at FB marketing that has this message?
- Piskvorrr 9y agoI don't see any (although "FB is free and always will be" has plenty of wiggle room). Also, I don't see any explicit mention that Tesla's Autopilot is actually an autonomous Level 5 system - and yet people assume that. Are you saying that people should only be angry about things they were promised explicitly? (If so, I would agree - but 1. people are not 100% rational, 2. expectations are important for PR, even if not legally binding. Going from "SV doesn't put this in big bold letters on the front page" to "it's a conspiracy against SV, not because they're an easier media target" is a bit too much of a leap for me.)
- qaq 9y ago" Are you saying that people should only be angry about things they were promised explicitly?" I am def. in no position to direct how people should feel about something. To me expecting something beyond what is actually promised just sounds unrealistic. If I hired you to write software and you promised to write software but I was also expecting you to clean my pool that would pretty weird.
- Piskvorrr 9y agoIndeed. But if it would make a clickbaitable story, would it seem more lucrative to cover this vs. yet-another-corporate-embezzlement cause? In other words, media attention is also eyeball driven, to the point of sensationalism.