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Was he really pushed out of Facebook for being a Trump supporter?

by mountainriver 4y ago

nvr219 4y ago
Yeah I thought they were all about Trump supporters there, or at least their old ad team.
- boppo1 4y ago
  I think FB was more politically even than people like to imagine it. Seems like Democrats think FB was practically, moustache twirlingly, 'in on' Jan 6. Meanwhile, all the conservatives seem to believe FB is out to get them, banning them from platforms and hypnotizing people to be trans. As someone who has minimized Facebook use for years and cultivated some political distance (neither party represents my views much at all), I think FB was mostly "keep your hands off except to feed people more of the things they click"
  - oktroomer 4y ago
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    - nvr219 4y ago
      what
nemothekid 4y ago
Why he was pushed out was never confirmed. For "being a Trump supporter" makes for a nice counter-culture story, but doesn't make much sense given how openly Peter Theil campaigned for Trump.
- mountainriver 4y ago
  yeah it seems like a spun narrative, curious what actually happened
  - boeingUH60 4y ago
    He was funding a Pro-Trump, Anti-Hillary Clinton troll campaign [1], which drew a lot of controversy, as the early Oculus VR audience (developers and technologists) were demographically opposed to that type of ideology. I think he was fired because he was generating a lot of negative press/attention for what was at that time a burgeoning VR project dependent on adoption by a crowd that largely wasn't a fan of his political leanings...basically office politics. But...he was fired with a $100 million severance [2], so it's not much of a pity situation. 1 - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/09/revenge-of-the-nerds/501344/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/09/reven... 2- https://www.fastcompany.com/90266150/zuck-pressured-facebook-exec-to-hide-his-support-of-trump-then-fired-him-says-report https://www.fastcompany.com/90266150/zuck-pressured-facebook...

Was he really pushed out of Facebook for being a Trump supporter?

nvr219 4y ago

Yeah I thought they were all about Trump supporters there, or at least their old ad team.

boppo1 4y ago
I think FB was more politically even than people like to imagine it. Seems like Democrats think FB was practically, moustache twirlingly, 'in on' Jan 6. Meanwhile, all the conservatives seem to believe FB is out to get them, banning them from platforms and hypnotizing people to be trans. As someone who has minimized Facebook use for years and cultivated some political distance (neither party represents my views much at all), I think FB was mostly "keep your hands off except to feed people more of the things they click"
- oktroomer 4y ago
  [flagged]
  - nvr219 4y ago
    what

nemothekid 4y ago

Why he was pushed out was never confirmed. For "being a Trump supporter" makes for a nice counter-culture story, but doesn't make much sense given how openly Peter Theil campaigned for Trump.

mountainriver 4y ago
yeah it seems like a spun narrative, curious what actually happened
- boeingUH60 4y ago
  He was funding a Pro-Trump, Anti-Hillary Clinton troll campaign [1], which drew a lot of controversy, as the early Oculus VR audience (developers and technologists) were demographically opposed to that type of ideology. I think he was fired because he was generating a lot of negative press/attention for what was at that time a burgeoning VR project dependent on adoption by a crowd that largely wasn't a fan of his political leanings...basically office politics. But...he was fired with a $100 million severance [2], so it's not much of a pity situation. 1 - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/09/revenge-of-the-nerds/501344/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/09/reven... 2- https://www.fastcompany.com/90266150/zuck-pressured-facebook-exec-to-hide-his-support-of-trump-then-fired-him-says-report https://www.fastcompany.com/90266150/zuck-pressured-facebook...