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I can't believe the amount of "you are a horrible human being for working at Facebook" comments I keep seeing as soon as someone says they are working there. H

by Kiro 7y ago

I can't believe the amount of "you are a horrible human being for working at Facebook" comments I keep seeing as soon as someone says they are working there. HN is great because you normally get comments straight from the source, but I'm worried we will inevitably shame Facebook employees into not posting here at all.

imw 7y ago
To be clear, I don't think parent commenter is a horrible person. I think they are misapplying their talents and hurting society. I do understand your concern. Dialog is critical. But dialog only seems worthwhile if it is honest and open.
- tudelo 7y ago
  So do you think most big tech companies are evil? Google must be evil as well correct?
  - Yizahi 7y ago
    Especially Google, more so than FB.
matz1 7y ago
Its not surprising, there are many people who are fb haters in this forum.
- gjulianm 7y ago
  Saying "haters" makes it look like the people criticizing Facebook don't have serious concerns about the influence it has on the world. It's not being a hater of Vim, or Python. This is far bigger.
  - matz1 7y ago
    At least for me, Haters also include people who doesn't like the influence fb has on the world.
newscracker 7y ago
If we could indeed shame people into not doing something (focusing on actions and not people), I’d rather spend my energy on shaming people to quit Facebook en masse and shut it down. Seeing that this sounds ridiculous and unlikely to happen, I doubt any other intent of shaming would work either.
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