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People are more than the company they work for. Be careful not to be reductionist by judging them too much on it.

messick 6y ago
I’m 100% absolutely judging anyone still taking a paycheck from FB in this day and age. It speaks volumes about their character.
TomSwirly 6y ago
So the people aren't responsible. But "Facebook", being a corporation and not a human, has no moral or ethical basis at all and exists entirely to make money. So by this calculus, all guilt, blame and responsibility is just waved away. They're only following orders, all the way to the top, where management are simply rationally trying to maximize revenue for stockholders, who also have no liability. Using the Greysteil Graywashing System™, any crime may be committed and no one is ever held responsible!
- jader201 6y ago
  Your response is hyperbole. Why does it have to be all or nothing? Just because not everyone should be held accountable for a large company’s decisions, doesn’t mean that no one should be. Maybe someone sees it as an opportunity to learn from the talent around them, or enjoys the small piece that they’re working on. But not everyone in a company that is less than favorable with a given population should be judged equally.
sincerely 6y ago
Ah, the 21st century version of "I was just following orders"
- esoterica 6y ago
  The 21st century version of Godwin’s law is still Godwin’s law, it seems.
  - cutitout 6y ago
    Godwin's law just says that as the length of a discussion increases, the probability of a nazi comparison approaches 1. It says nothing about that even being a problem, much less losing the argument. Even better: as the length of a discussion increases, the probability of any comparison, any string of words, any combination of letters, "approaches 1". Something you can say about anything you might as well say about nothing. People heard the meme a lot, so they think it has weight without actually having thought about it. Encouraging people to reveal this about themselves, with pride no less, is the singular useful property GL has.

I’m 100% absolutely judging anyone still taking a paycheck from FB in this day and age. It speaks volumes about their character.

TomSwirly 6y ago

So the people aren't responsible. But "Facebook", being a corporation and not a human, has no moral or ethical basis at all and exists entirely to make money. So by this calculus, all guilt, blame and responsibility is just waved away. They're only following orders, all the way to the top, where management are simply rationally trying to maximize revenue for stockholders, who also have no liability. Using the Greysteil Graywashing System™, any crime may be committed and no one is ever held responsible!

jader201 6y ago
Your response is hyperbole. Why does it have to be all or nothing? Just because not everyone should be held accountable for a large company’s decisions, doesn’t mean that no one should be. Maybe someone sees it as an opportunity to learn from the talent around them, or enjoys the small piece that they’re working on. But not everyone in a company that is less than favorable with a given population should be judged equally.

sincerely 6y ago

Ah, the 21st century version of "I was just following orders"

esoterica 6y ago
The 21st century version of Godwin’s law is still Godwin’s law, it seems.
- cutitout 6y ago
  Godwin's law just says that as the length of a discussion increases, the probability of a nazi comparison approaches 1. It says nothing about that even being a problem, much less losing the argument. Even better: as the length of a discussion increases, the probability of any comparison, any string of words, any combination of letters, "approaches 1". Something you can say about anything you might as well say about nothing. People heard the meme a lot, so they think it has weight without actually having thought about it. Encouraging people to reveal this about themselves, with pride no less, is the singular useful property GL has.