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Well, to be fair we probably don't hear about the accidents that end up causing the opposite situation. Those are just normal bugs.

simonh 8y ago
"Facebook bug causes all user's sensitive data to not be uploaded in some case" sounds like an Onion headline.
- bryanrasmussen 8y ago
  That bug would be a critical failure and be caught, the reverse would be a non-critical bug that the PM decides to to put in the backlog because reasons. If in a year we haven't gotten around the fixing it, then it's time to clean out that backlog!
- FabHK 8y ago
  The Onion has quite some insight on Facebook (the headlines practically write themselves): "Mark Zuckerberg Promises That Misuse Of Facebook User Data Will Happen Again And Again" https://www.theonion.com/mark-zuckerberg-promises-that-misuse-of-facebook-user-d-1823988784 https://www.theonion.com/mark-zuckerberg-promises-that-misus... "Facebook Employees Explain Daily Struggle Of Trying To Care About Company's Unethical Practices When Gig So Cushy" https://www.theonion.com/facebook-employees-explain-daily-struggle-of-trying-to-1825147978 https://www.theonion.com/facebook-employees-explain-daily-st... "Cash-Strapped Zuckerberg Forced To Sell 11 Million Facebook Users" https://www.theonion.com/cash-strapped-zuckerberg-forced-to-sell-11-million-face-1829112856 https://www.theonion.com/cash-strapped-zuckerberg-forced-to-... "New Facebook Feature Allows User To Cancel Account. ... The company later confirmed that account closures would not stop Facebook from continuing to acquire, permanently store, and sell all information about its current and former users until the day they die." https://www.theonion.com/new-facebook-feature-allows-user-to-cancel-account-1819573073 https://www.theonion.com/new-facebook-feature-allows-user-to...
  - corodra 8y ago
    You probably could just say CNN instead of the Onion and people wouldn’t bat an eye. Which is sad.

simonh 8y ago

"Facebook bug causes all user's sensitive data to not be uploaded in some case" sounds like an Onion headline.

bryanrasmussen 8y ago
That bug would be a critical failure and be caught, the reverse would be a non-critical bug that the PM decides to to put in the backlog because reasons. If in a year we haven't gotten around the fixing it, then it's time to clean out that backlog!
FabHK 8y ago
The Onion has quite some insight on Facebook (the headlines practically write themselves): "Mark Zuckerberg Promises That Misuse Of Facebook User Data Will Happen Again And Again" https://www.theonion.com/mark-zuckerberg-promises-that-misuse-of-facebook-user-d-1823988784 https://www.theonion.com/mark-zuckerberg-promises-that-misus... "Facebook Employees Explain Daily Struggle Of Trying To Care About Company's Unethical Practices When Gig So Cushy" https://www.theonion.com/facebook-employees-explain-daily-struggle-of-trying-to-1825147978 https://www.theonion.com/facebook-employees-explain-daily-st... "Cash-Strapped Zuckerberg Forced To Sell 11 Million Facebook Users" https://www.theonion.com/cash-strapped-zuckerberg-forced-to-sell-11-million-face-1829112856 https://www.theonion.com/cash-strapped-zuckerberg-forced-to-... "New Facebook Feature Allows User To Cancel Account. ... The company later confirmed that account closures would not stop Facebook from continuing to acquire, permanently store, and sell all information about its current and former users until the day they die." https://www.theonion.com/new-facebook-feature-allows-user-to-cancel-account-1819573073 https://www.theonion.com/new-facebook-feature-allows-user-to...
- corodra 8y ago
  You probably could just say CNN instead of the Onion and people wouldn’t bat an eye. Which is sad.