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Has Facebook ever had anything close to cultural principles? At least Google had "don't be evil" for a while. This is such a clear mirror for what Facebook is
by madrox 8y ago
Has Facebook ever had anything close to cultural principles? At least Google had "don't be evil" for a while.
This is such a clear mirror for what Facebook is going through itself. As a company it never stood for anything except for growth and engagement at all costs. When leadership doesn't stand for anything, it invites others to try to guide culture.
If Zuckerberg had come out to say either the product or the company's culture stands for something, it would put this all to rest...but he won't, because growth and engagement at all costs.
- Apocryphon 8y ago"Move fast and break things" seems to suggest an anarchic pragmatism towards life.
- ianai 8y agoI don’t buy that zuvkerberg is a liberal. He’s made it clear he doesn’t respect anyone’s privacy nor honor their trust. He seems highly manipulative wrapped in whatever phrasing works at the moment.
- dnautics 8y agoRespecting personal privacy and honoring individual's trust is hardly a liberal policy plank. For better or worse, the platform is predicated on the state generally knowing better than the individual on social policy.
- ianai 8y agoNot at all. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism
- dnautics 8y agoI'm aware of classical liberals, but minus some minor differences the contemporary term for them is "libertarian"; in my experience the only people who use the term 'classical liberal' are libertarians seeking to distance themselves from their own cohort.
- madrox 8y agoI'm not sure he's either liberal or conservative. I've never seen him stand for anything.