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Mind linking to it? Otherwise this is just more hearsay on an already misleading click-bait title.

JoshuaRedmond 8y ago
This[0] is from the organisation that got the files unsealed, and includes the "whale" reference at the beginning of the chat mentioned. Not sure it proves that 5-year-old were referred to in this way, but it does sound very casual in it's usage. [0] - https://www.revealnews.org/blog/a-judge-unsealed-a-trove-of-internal-facebook-documents-following-our-legal-action/ https://www.revealnews.org/blog/a-judge-unsealed-a-trove-of-...
- nailer 8y ago
  Relevant part: > Gillian: Would you refund this whale ticket? User is disputing ALL charges… > Michael: What’s the users total lifetime spend? > Gillian: It’s $6,545 – but card was just added on Sept. 2. They are disputing all of it I believe. That user looks underage as well. Well, maybe not under 13. > Michael: Is the user writing in a parent, or is this user a 13ish year old > Gillian: It’s a 13ish yr old. says its 15. looks a bit younger. she* not its. Lol. > Michael: … I wouldn’t refund > Gillian: Oh that’s fine. cool. agreed. just double checking Clickbait headline makes it sound like they were trying to recruit whales.
  - gerardnll 8y ago
    Oh great. What a moral. 'oh that's fine. cool. agreed. just double checking'. Thanks god he's not a judge. These guys side Facebook versus a 13 year old kid, nice morality.
    - nailer 8y ago
      Is "these guys" supposed to be me? I'm not 'siding' Facebook. I think they should have forgiven the debt. That you think a clearly misleading headline is a matter of 'sides' is worrying.
      - gerardnll 8y ago
        These guys => 2 guys in your transcribed conversation. I'm talking about the conversation. What's worrying is a person deciding to not refund a 13-15 year old kid that I'm pretty sure doesn't know how many money has spent on games.
        nailer 8y ago
        Fair enough. They’re Facebook employees - them "siding with" their own company doesn't quite seem like the right way to describe this - but I'm glad you're not talking about me and thanks for the clarification.
seeker61 8y ago
Thank you for doing your part to protect us from clickbait while Facebook ... what was it they were doing again?
- mikestew 8y ago
  The facts should stand on their own. If one feels it necessary to take the facts and "dress them up", it most certainly devalues the argument when it comes out that someone's been telling half-truths. So, yeah, it kinda matters that we not let such sloppiness slide.
  - matwood 8y ago
    Agreed. Hyperbole is something we all fall victim to sometimes, but it is something we should fight against. Be exact as possible, even if huuuge sounds better.
    - wuliwong 8y ago
      In this case it is beyond hyperbole. I would say the title is just inaccurate.

This[0] is from the organisation that got the files unsealed, and includes the "whale" reference at the beginning of the chat mentioned. Not sure it proves that 5-year-old were referred to in this way, but it does sound very casual in it's usage. [0] - https://www.revealnews.org/blog/a-judge-unsealed-a-trove-of-internal-facebook-documents-following-our-legal-action/ https://www.revealnews.org/blog/a-judge-unsealed-a-trove-of-...

nailer 8y ago
Relevant part: > Gillian: Would you refund this whale ticket? User is disputing ALL charges… > Michael: What’s the users total lifetime spend? > Gillian: It’s $6,545 – but card was just added on Sept. 2. They are disputing all of it I believe. That user looks underage as well. Well, maybe not under 13. > Michael: Is the user writing in a parent, or is this user a 13ish year old > Gillian: It’s a 13ish yr old. says its 15. looks a bit younger. she* not its. Lol. > Michael: … I wouldn’t refund > Gillian: Oh that’s fine. cool. agreed. just double checking Clickbait headline makes it sound like they were trying to recruit whales.
- gerardnll 8y ago
  Oh great. What a moral. 'oh that's fine. cool. agreed. just double checking'. Thanks god he's not a judge. These guys side Facebook versus a 13 year old kid, nice morality.
  - nailer 8y ago
    Is "these guys" supposed to be me? I'm not 'siding' Facebook. I think they should have forgiven the debt. That you think a clearly misleading headline is a matter of 'sides' is worrying.
    - gerardnll 8y ago
      These guys => 2 guys in your transcribed conversation. I'm talking about the conversation. What's worrying is a person deciding to not refund a 13-15 year old kid that I'm pretty sure doesn't know how many money has spent on games.
      - nailer 8y ago
        Fair enough. They’re Facebook employees - them "siding with" their own company doesn't quite seem like the right way to describe this - but I'm glad you're not talking about me and thanks for the clarification.

seeker61 8y ago

Thank you for doing your part to protect us from clickbait while Facebook ... what was it they were doing again?

mikestew 8y ago
The facts should stand on their own. If one feels it necessary to take the facts and "dress them up", it most certainly devalues the argument when it comes out that someone's been telling half-truths. So, yeah, it kinda matters that we not let such sloppiness slide.
- matwood 8y ago
  Agreed. Hyperbole is something we all fall victim to sometimes, but it is something we should fight against. Be exact as possible, even if huuuge sounds better.
  - wuliwong 8y ago
    In this case it is beyond hyperbole. I would say the title is just inaccurate.