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> source: several friends working at Facebook, and reading public tweets of Facebook leaders The people I know at Facebook have been resorting to whataboutism
by fbrsrchthrowawa 8y ago
> source: several friends working at Facebook, and reading public tweets of Facebook leaders
The people I know at Facebook have been resorting to whataboutism (everyone is doing it, look at the Google app doing the same thing, for sure Apple is also hiring market research firms who do the same thing, why aren't you concerned about AT&T/Verizon, etc etc)
- warp_factor 8y agoWhataboutism seems to be the go-to fallacy used by Facebook leaders. See for example the ex CSO deviating the discussion to Apple privacy concerns in China: https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/1090918043969114112 https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/1090918043969114112
- ryandrake 8y agoTo be fair, whataboutism is rampant here too, on Reddit, and basically any forum with company fans. Any time a “Company A does something unethical” article comes up, people will always come out of the woodwork to defend with “Well Companies B and C do it too!”