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yeah it seems like a spun narrative, curious what actually happened
by mountainriver 4y ago
yeah it seems like a spun narrative, curious what actually happened
- boeingUH60 4y agoHe 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...