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Once someone has been anointed a "whistleblower," it is a bad look for you to try to play devil's advocate to whatever she's saying. Stepping back, without a m

Once someone has been anointed a "whistleblower," it is a bad look for you to try to play devil's advocate to whatever she's saying. Stepping back, without a media circus, how really do you expect to change anything at organizations this large and powerful? Facebook transcends governments dude, Mark Zuckerberg has an unfathomable amount of money and power. At least give her some credit for putting out a non-conformist opinion. Also, with regards to your specific points, everyone is qualified to determine political bots are bad. I can't believe you're going with the, "Well she is missing the nuance oh and she gets paid a lot of money so there!" take here.

aahortwwy 6y ago
I'm not trying to play devil's advocate, I think you misinterpreted my post. > Also, with regards to your specific points, everyone is qualified to determine political bots are bad. I can't believe you're going with the, "Well she is missing the nuance oh and she gets paid a lot of money so there!" take here. The point I was making in that second paragraph is: - Company A is wildly profitable. - Company A says publicly and internally that solving Problem Z is very important to them. - The team tasked with solving Problem Z at Company A is understaffed, underfunded, and lacks support from leadership. The "forest" being missed by the people working on Problem Z is the unfortunate reality that Company A does not actually care whether Problem Z is solved or not. In fact, to the extent that solving Problem Z might hurt the bottom line they probably prefer that it remain unsolved. I use placeholder terms because while this particular story is about Facebook, this same thing plays out all the time at darling companies in Silicon Valley (and presumably outside, but I've less experience there). I respect the memo author immensely. In similar situations I've just left quietly. The author probably should've done just that, now their name is directly linked to this story.

aahortwwy 6y ago

I'm not trying to play devil's advocate, I think you misinterpreted my post. > Also, with regards to your specific points, everyone is qualified to determine political bots are bad. I can't believe you're going with the, "Well she is missing the nuance oh and she gets paid a lot of money so there!" take here. The point I was making in that second paragraph is: - Company A is wildly profitable. - Company A says publicly and internally that solving Problem Z is very important to them. - The team tasked with solving Problem Z at Company A is understaffed, underfunded, and lacks support from leadership. The "forest" being missed by the people working on Problem Z is the unfortunate reality that Company A does not actually care whether Problem Z is solved or not. In fact, to the extent that solving Problem Z might hurt the bottom line they probably prefer that it remain unsolved. I use placeholder terms because while this particular story is about Facebook, this same thing plays out all the time at darling companies in Silicon Valley (and presumably outside, but I've less experience there). I respect the memo author immensely. In similar situations I've just left quietly. The author probably should've done just that, now their name is directly linked to this story.