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It probably looks that way, but I don't think Facebook would just up and announce a new feature to save some face. My guess is that they really were going to ma

It probably looks that way, but I don't think Facebook would just up and announce a new feature to save some face. My guess is that they really were going to make un-sending into a real public-facing feature, and they made a premature announcement due to this Zuck unsending controversy.

MBCook 9y ago
I don’t think it was developed for Zuck in the last few days. I imagine it’s always been there but they never planned to turn it on for normal users. Just a secret ability for some insiders. Now that people know, it’s a “feature we’re developing” instead of an internal tool/ability.
- jdtang13 9y ago
  I'm not saying it was developed for Zuck in the last few days. Yeah, I think it was definitely an internal tool or secret ability before. But one could easily imagine that they really were going to roll it out to public users sometime -- and now they're rolling it out earlier to save some face.
  - lovich 9y ago
    One could easily imagine that Zuckerberg had his users best interests at heart. However, none of his behavior so far has given us any reason to give him or Facebook the benefit of the doubt
  - MBCook 9y ago
    It could easily have been used to help clean up after harassment or illegal material was sent between user. Can’t leave that sitting there.
hrktb 9y ago
> this is not how feature development works at software companies Is it ? There are tons of features that don't get published because it would cause user confusion, companies don't want to support them officially, or it has business side effects that make them non suitable to open to a large audience. Even features that are only open to support people or admins to avoid normal users to abuse them.
jackconnor 9y ago
Everyone, this is exactly what happened. He just got caught and, within a few days they announce this as a feature. If this is a coincidence the odds of it happening are 99 trillion to one. Facebook does this shit all the time, they do not deserve the benefit of the doubt.

MBCook 9y ago

I don’t think it was developed for Zuck in the last few days. I imagine it’s always been there but they never planned to turn it on for normal users. Just a secret ability for some insiders. Now that people know, it’s a “feature we’re developing” instead of an internal tool/ability.

jdtang13 9y ago
I'm not saying it was developed for Zuck in the last few days. Yeah, I think it was definitely an internal tool or secret ability before. But one could easily imagine that they really were going to roll it out to public users sometime -- and now they're rolling it out earlier to save some face.
- lovich 9y ago
  One could easily imagine that Zuckerberg had his users best interests at heart. However, none of his behavior so far has given us any reason to give him or Facebook the benefit of the doubt
- MBCook 9y ago
  It could easily have been used to help clean up after harassment or illegal material was sent between user. Can’t leave that sitting there.

hrktb 9y ago

> this is not how feature development works at software companies Is it ? There are tons of features that don't get published because it would cause user confusion, companies don't want to support them officially, or it has business side effects that make them non suitable to open to a large audience. Even features that are only open to support people or admins to avoid normal users to abuse them.

jackconnor 9y ago

Everyone, this is exactly what happened. He just got caught and, within a few days they announce this as a feature. If this is a coincidence the odds of it happening are 99 trillion to one. Facebook does this shit all the time, they do not deserve the benefit of the doubt.