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> But, she was a PM for 2 years in FAANG. More like 15 years. I've known Frances since 2009 when she was a PM at Google, where she worked on a few products inc
by kentonv 5y ago
> But, she was a PM for 2 years in FAANG.
More like 15 years. I've known Frances since 2009 when she was a PM at Google, where she worked on a few products including Google+. She also spent several years an Pinterest which, while not technically a FAANG, is certainly a major social network that does lots of algorithmic ranking. She is definitely an expert in the topics she is testifying about.
- shmatt 5y agomy point was, people who work for 2 years at FAANG, in 1 company, far from understand the complete scope. I did not mean she was 2 years into her career It can take 6 months to just fully understand what a 7 person team does After 2 years at Facebook, does she really understand the full strategy 4 levels above her? Her leak is super important, but she doesn't have all the answers the media is claiming she does
- kentonv 5y agoI think her fundamental argument isn't even really about Facebook specifically. It's about algorithmic content ranking being intrinsically harmful to society. The thing that's specific to Facebook is that they actually have a ton of research quantifying this -- which she has released -- and yet they are still all-in on it. It doesn't seem like there's a lot of complexity to understand here about how Facebook works as a company. Their commitment to optimizing metrics over all else is well-known already. The interesting thing is the research showing how harmful that is.
- Graffur 5y agoI'm not surprised G+ wasn't brought up earlier. What a failure