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and don't forget shelving their own comissioned reports that didn't fall in line with the pro-facebook narrative: "Mr. Schultz argued that Facebook should publ

and don't forget shelving their own comissioned reports that didn't fall in line with the pro-facebook narrative: "Mr. Schultz argued that Facebook should publish its own information about the site’s most popular content rather than supply access to tools like CrowdTangle, two people said. So in June, the company compiled a report on Facebook’s most-viewed posts for the first three months of 2021. ... A day before the report’s publication, Mr. Schultz was part of a group that voted to shelve the document, according to the emails."

fallingknife 5y ago
But what company out there releases internal reports that would not show it in a good light? Have you ever worked at a company that just airs out its dirty laundry like that? This is an unreasonable expectation that is applied to no other company.
- adrianh 5y ago
  Given the reach and usage patterns of Facebook, the expectation is indeed reasonable.
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- _jal 5y ago
  Many companies have earned varying degrees of trust. Behavior like this continues to demonstrate why FB is not one of them. They're craven and untrustworthy from the top down. They have been since they started, and continue to prove it nearly every single month.
- wolverine876 5y ago
  I don't agree with the factual claim: As examples, IT industry businesses publish their flaws and internal investigations into them all the time, about massive security failures, for example. If a plane crashes, they manufacturer and the airline are expected to be very open. Facebook has great power over our communities, and thus we have very high expectations. The parent's 'expectation' that businesses (or individuals) only act in their own immediate interests, and not in the interests of their communities, is an odd contemporary idea that humanity's worst instincts are the 'true' and necessary ones, while humanity has many instincts, good and bad, and it's our free will to choose. It also ignores even 'enlightened self interest': Our society is falling apart, and social media plays a major role; you don't sh-t where you eat.

fallingknife 5y ago

But what company out there releases internal reports that would not show it in a good light? Have you ever worked at a company that just airs out its dirty laundry like that? This is an unreasonable expectation that is applied to no other company.

adrianh 5y ago
Given the reach and usage patterns of Facebook, the expectation is indeed reasonable.
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_jal 5y ago
Many companies have earned varying degrees of trust. Behavior like this continues to demonstrate why FB is not one of them. They're craven and untrustworthy from the top down. They have been since they started, and continue to prove it nearly every single month.
wolverine876 5y ago
I don't agree with the factual claim: As examples, IT industry businesses publish their flaws and internal investigations into them all the time, about massive security failures, for example. If a plane crashes, they manufacturer and the airline are expected to be very open. Facebook has great power over our communities, and thus we have very high expectations. The parent's 'expectation' that businesses (or individuals) only act in their own immediate interests, and not in the interests of their communities, is an odd contemporary idea that humanity's worst instincts are the 'true' and necessary ones, while humanity has many instincts, good and bad, and it's our free will to choose. It also ignores even 'enlightened self interest': Our society is falling apart, and social media plays a major role; you don't sh-t where you eat.