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I have a couple friends who work there. As far as I can tell they're not interested in all the political news about Facebook and are probably not aware of most
by xvedejas 8y ago
I have a couple friends who work there. As far as I can tell they're not interested in all the political news about Facebook and are probably not aware of most of it. Their attitudes are typically "if the management messes up, but I'm just building cool useful tools, I'm not part of the problem". And honestly, I kinda sympathize. Facebook can be a shitty company regardless of whether they're also building good infrastructure.
- givinguflac 8y agoI definitely don’t/can’t sympathize with those people. It’s about personal responsibility, and they’ve found a lovely modern way to say “I was just following orders.”
- xvedejas 8y agoThey're not the ones deciding, nor the ones carrying out unethical actions. Employees working on technical infrastructure are not even enabling censorship or fake news, that's been possible on any centralized social media site forever. I don't see how "I was just following orders" even applies here.
- givinguflac 8y agoAnyone intelligent enough to be building these tools should have a good idea of how it can be misused. It’s not like Facebook has a solid history of doing the right thing.