I’ve defended FB plenty of times on HN, mostly because I’ve managed to use it in moderation, to keep up distant friebdships without getting caught in the daily

I’ve defended FB plenty of times on HN, mostly because I’ve managed to use it in moderation, to keep up distant friebdships without getting caught in the daily newsfeed grind. But the assertion that “We’re already all well aware” of FB’s issues is just horseshit. Until the NYT published their months long investigation, FB’s leadership wasn’t apparently aware that the PR firm it hired was throwing around the Soros trope to discredit its critics. FB has had plenty of days to bask in positive press, as its past stock performance shows. That it now takes its lumps over damaging revelations is not reason to cry for sympathy.