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I worked there for two years, and I joined facebook in part because I believed (and still do) that they're a net positive for the world. And I get frustrated wh

by baby 5y ago

I worked there for two years, and I joined facebook in part because I believed (and still do) that they're a net positive for the world. And I get frustrated when I read one-sided comments on HN, so I push back. Not everyone believes FB is evil or a negative to society.

femiagbabiaka 5y ago
Curious, from your POV, what is the other side?
- baby 5y ago
  What do you mean exactly?
hedgehog 5y ago
Thanks, it sounds like you both believe in the mission and reading between the lines still have a financial interest via your stock. That's useful for calibration given your strongly pro-FB comments.
- baby 5y ago
  No worries. Everyone is biased and it’s good to be aware of your own biases or to be transparent about them. That is to say if you use my transparency to cancel my opinion, it says a lot about your open mindness.
sdoering 5y ago
I would love for comments like yours to provide examples for these net positives. Sure FB made it way more easy for me to follow my favorite band and see when they announce special concerts that are in small locations so that I had a chance to grab tickets. I stopped using FB in January and deleted all content I ever put there. I kept the account as it was an experiment planned for one month. But I just didn't return. So as said for a balanced discussion I would like to see the net positives you see. I can't currently see things, that are genuinely there because of Facebook.
- baby 5y ago
  I replied in another comment. At the end of the day I think people here need to accept that their own experience doesn’t necessarily reflect the experience of others. The fact that fb is one of the most used website today implies that many people are getting something from it.
  - reducesuffering 5y ago
    Soda and cigarettes are also some of the most used things in the world… No it doesn’t follow that something being used means it’s a net positive

by baby 5y ago

femiagbabiaka 5y ago

Curious, from your POV, what is the other side?

baby 5y ago
What do you mean exactly?

hedgehog 5y ago

Thanks, it sounds like you both believe in the mission and reading between the lines still have a financial interest via your stock. That's useful for calibration given your strongly pro-FB comments.

baby 5y ago
No worries. Everyone is biased and it’s good to be aware of your own biases or to be transparent about them. That is to say if you use my transparency to cancel my opinion, it says a lot about your open mindness.

sdoering 5y ago

I would love for comments like yours to provide examples for these net positives. Sure FB made it way more easy for me to follow my favorite band and see when they announce special concerts that are in small locations so that I had a chance to grab tickets. I stopped using FB in January and deleted all content I ever put there. I kept the account as it was an experiment planned for one month. But I just didn't return. So as said for a balanced discussion I would like to see the net positives you see. I can't currently see things, that are genuinely there because of Facebook.

baby 5y ago
I replied in another comment. At the end of the day I think people here need to accept that their own experience doesn’t necessarily reflect the experience of others. The fact that fb is one of the most used website today implies that many people are getting something from it.
- reducesuffering 5y ago
  Soda and cigarettes are also some of the most used things in the world… No it doesn’t follow that something being used means it’s a net positive