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Facebook's old policy: Move fast and break things. Facebook's new policy: Move fast and deny everything. I'm only half-joking as I was surprised to see a Fa

Facebook's old policy: Move fast and break things. Facebook's new policy: Move fast and deny everything. I'm only half-joking as I was surprised to see a Facebook rebuttal so quickly after an article like this. It seems a new strategy is in place, to not let these article fester. The problem is their response is devoid of actual content, or even actual rebuttals to the main points of the NYT article. Mainly that FB does not consider these vendors as "third-parties", and that friends data is accessed even when sharing is explicitly disabled.

goalieca 8y ago
> I'm only half-joking as I was surprised to see a Facebook rebuttal so quickly after an article like this >Market Cap: 561.740B https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/FB:US https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/FB:US Not surprised at all. Their business model depends on it on people uploading all of their personal information, thoughts, and feelings into the machine for analytical processing. If that trust/relationship dies, facebook dies with it.
- laumars 8y ago
  I think the problem isn't so much a question of users trust in Facebook but rather users apathy with regards to their own privacy. I think most people are aware enough that they are the product - I just think they don't really care all that much.
bradleyjg 8y ago
I'm only half-joking as I was surprised to see a Facebook rebuttal so quickly after an article like this. Reputable journalists always seek comments when they write in depth about a person or company. There’s always at least some forewarning.
mic47 8y ago
> I was surprised to see a Facebook rebuttal so quickly after an article like this. Article contains Facebook's response, so they most likely read it before it was published. As far as I can tell, they probably didn't like the way reported interpreted things so they prepared at least part of the response before, so they can react when it will be published.

goalieca 8y ago

> I'm only half-joking as I was surprised to see a Facebook rebuttal so quickly after an article like this >Market Cap: 561.740B https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/FB:US https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/FB:US Not surprised at all. Their business model depends on it on people uploading all of their personal information, thoughts, and feelings into the machine for analytical processing. If that trust/relationship dies, facebook dies with it.

laumars 8y ago
I think the problem isn't so much a question of users trust in Facebook but rather users apathy with regards to their own privacy. I think most people are aware enough that they are the product - I just think they don't really care all that much.

bradleyjg 8y ago

I'm only half-joking as I was surprised to see a Facebook rebuttal so quickly after an article like this. Reputable journalists always seek comments when they write in depth about a person or company. There’s always at least some forewarning.

mic47 8y ago

> I was surprised to see a Facebook rebuttal so quickly after an article like this. Article contains Facebook's response, so they most likely read it before it was published. As far as I can tell, they probably didn't like the way reported interpreted things so they prepared at least part of the response before, so they can react when it will be published.