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I loved Max Wang’s point that Facebook has chosen to focus on political engagement over social engagement. Like many people who used FB early, I remember when i

I loved Max Wang’s point that Facebook has chosen to focus on political engagement over social engagement. Like many people who used FB early, I remember when it was more about friends than allies (and opponents). Facebook profits massively from the politics of outrage, and for Zuckerberg to claim that Free Speech is a moral imperative is for him to take a Strategy Credit[0]. While I strongly believe that Free Speech is a moral imperative, I don’t believe that Facebook makes decisions on a moral basis. [0]: https://stratechery.com/2013/strategy-credit/ https://stratechery.com/2013/strategy-credit/

jcroll 6y ago
Facebook makes decisions on a profit basis and by that metric is meteorically successful. These Facebook employees that spent years collecting their $500k pay cheques might want to consider this before posting their videos criticizing the company's direction
- kccqzy 6y ago
  Max Wang, the person who posted the video criticizing the company, left the company.
  - jcroll 6y ago
    My argument is you can't have it both ways. You want to collect $500k salaries you're going to have to live with your employer pursuing immense profits
spoopyskelly 6y ago
"wrongthink at scale"
boltzmann_ 6y ago
In that case twitter is way more toxic than FB.