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These are the kinds of articles that show why Facebook has different problems to almost every other tech company. The complexity of these kinds of solutions is
by blowski 6y ago
These are the kinds of articles that show why Facebook has different problems to almost every other tech company. The complexity of these kinds of solutions is mind-boggling.
Just imagine if all that ingenuity was focused on solving humanity’s problems, instead of sharing conspiracy theories and advertising.
- bob33212 6y agoI wish people spent more time on Facebook. Is that what FB employees think? Or are they like the rest of us and think fuck this guy, but I'll take his money.
- echelon 6y agoOther firms pay just as much, so there's plenty of choice in employment. Rather, working at Facebook just isn't an ethical problem for many of its employees. My engineering colleagues that voraciously use and consume Messenger and Instagram don't see a problem either. There a lot of "bad" companies. Certain advertising, defense, pharma, law, etc. firms are shady or morally bankrupt. It doesn't stop them from finding people to do the work.
- beervirus 6y agoDon’t forget spying on everyone on the internet!
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- saagarjha 6y agoBeing able to efficiently serve video is one of humanity's problems. You may not like the host or video content, but that doesn't mean the problem is not a useful one to solve.
- esjeon 6y agoI don't think this is difficult to engineer. It's a good example of ML/AI being used for optimization, which I believe is the most legit usecase that everyone should be aiming for. Still, the problem is how do we get to the scale where we desperately need stuffs like this...