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It's not only they work for Facebook, but are also pretty proud of it. After all, Facebook is the starting F of FAANG, which is a Holly Grail of every aspiring

It's not only they work for Facebook, but are also pretty proud of it. After all, Facebook is the starting F of FAANG, which is a Holly Grail of every aspiring software developer, a pinnacle of human achievement. It's not Facebook that needs to be fixed, it's humanity.

mikro2nd 5y ago
"a Holly Grail of every aspiring software developer" You have to be kidding me. Speaking as a Software Developer, there's no inducement on Earth you could offer me to work for the shitfactory that is Facebook. The company is evil through and through, and that starts at the top.
- SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago
  Then Facebook needs to be dropped off FAANG. It’s a cultural problem on developers that the term is still used.
- fakedang 5y ago
  He was referring to FAANG as the Holy Grail of every software engineer, but you're right. It's a Holy Grail of shitfactories.
mywittyname 5y ago
FAANG starts with F because it makes a word, not because Facebook is particularly appealing in any respect. What else are you going to call it? NAGAF? GAANF? ANGFA?
- esyir 5y ago
  Similarly, I've always claimed that Netflix is there largely to avoid an offensive acronym.
- samatman 5y ago
  My personal favourite is FAAAM: Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft. Obviously the AAA league can be whatever order you want. Microsoft is more deserving of a slot than Netflix, and Google is just a subsidiary of a company called Alphabet now, however weird and arbitrary that division is in practice.
- kbelder 5y ago
  And I realize that Facebook is a much larger entity than Twitter, but I think that Twitter has a larger and more destructive cultural influence.
  - gerash 5y ago
    I agree. From my experience, there are fewer fake and anonymous accounts on FB than on Twitter. Also a friend of mine had their home address, phone number and real names leaked to social media without his consent. He was able to take it down from FB properties but Twitter couldn't care less.
- notacoward 5y ago
  I think F-MAGA or MAGA-F (replacing Netflix with Microsoft) would be pretty appropriate. They have, after all, done much to enable the person associated with that other acronym.

mikro2nd 5y ago

"a Holly Grail of every aspiring software developer" You have to be kidding me. Speaking as a Software Developer, there's no inducement on Earth you could offer me to work for the shitfactory that is Facebook. The company is evil through and through, and that starts at the top.

SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago
Then Facebook needs to be dropped off FAANG. It’s a cultural problem on developers that the term is still used.
fakedang 5y ago
He was referring to FAANG as the Holy Grail of every software engineer, but you're right. It's a Holy Grail of shitfactories.

mywittyname 5y ago

FAANG starts with F because it makes a word, not because Facebook is particularly appealing in any respect. What else are you going to call it? NAGAF? GAANF? ANGFA?

esyir 5y ago
Similarly, I've always claimed that Netflix is there largely to avoid an offensive acronym.
samatman 5y ago
My personal favourite is FAAAM: Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft. Obviously the AAA league can be whatever order you want. Microsoft is more deserving of a slot than Netflix, and Google is just a subsidiary of a company called Alphabet now, however weird and arbitrary that division is in practice.
kbelder 5y ago
And I realize that Facebook is a much larger entity than Twitter, but I think that Twitter has a larger and more destructive cultural influence.
- gerash 5y ago
  I agree. From my experience, there are fewer fake and anonymous accounts on FB than on Twitter. Also a friend of mine had their home address, phone number and real names leaked to social media without his consent. He was able to take it down from FB properties but Twitter couldn't care less.
notacoward 5y ago
I think F-MAGA or MAGA-F (replacing Netflix with Microsoft) would be pretty appropriate. They have, after all, done much to enable the person associated with that other acronym.