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I never understand modern corporate communication strategies. I'm not interested in her feelings or whether she thinks she is qualified. I would like to know h

by fefe23 4y ago

I never understand modern corporate communication strategies. I'm not interested in her feelings or whether she thinks she is qualified. I would like to know her name so I can find out for myself what she has done before. I also don't need to be told that Signal is important. If I didn't think that I wouldn't be reading their blog post.

HuwFulcher 4y ago
You can find her name (Meredith Whittaker) in 2 clicks from that article. I agree the name should be present but it's not exactly difficult for someone semi tech-literate to find.
bauruine 4y ago
If you click on the author you get to her github profile that contains her full name. It's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Whittaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Whittaker
djaychela 4y ago
> I'm not interested in her feelings or whether she thinks she is qualified. Maybe not, but a lot of people will be, particularly if their favourite thing is being 'taken over' by said person. >I would like to know her name so I can find out for myself what she has done before. Kind of unfortunate that the link in the blog entry is to a currently-empty Github account (in terms of public repos, anyway). However, a brief search turned up her Wikipedia page [1], and going on what's in there it looks as if she's better aligned to what she said on the Blog page than if you just looked at her briefly and saw she was an employee of Google for some time. > I also don't need to be told that Signal is important. If I didn't think that I wouldn't be reading their blog post. You may not need to be told (and neither do I), but there are oceans of people out there who don't know that there is a workable alternative to using WhatsApp. It took me a long time (and leverage via a friend-group holiday) to get my friends on Signal (I'm not on any Meta properties, by principle), and most of them hadn't heard of it. Most people just use WhatsApp because it's become the default, and most of them don't care about Meta (or anyone else's) policies or warping of society. They just want to communicate, and don't want to use SMS/MMS (because of the limited features or cost), or can't use iMessage (because they aren't on an iPhone). [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Whittaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Whittaker
- t6jvcereio 4y ago
  > Maybe not, but a lot of people will be, particularly if their favourite thing is being 'taken over' by said person. Wouldn't those people rather be told what her plans are?
lavventura 4y ago
well said
Mandatum 4y ago
This isn’t written for you. It’s for investors and middle managers internally.
samuel 4y ago
That was my first instinct, to look what she had done/write before. I have to admit, being anti-woke myself (not American), that this article caught my eye: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/tech-labor-progressive/ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/tech-labor-progres... Not the kind of person I would expect to be in charge of Signal, TBH.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
  > Not the kind of person I would expect to be in charge of Signal, TBH. Actually, to me, it seems fairly consistent with Signal’s mission. She appears to be fairly qualified (including a mindset, as she is in a leadership role) and I wish her well.
  - samuel 4y ago
    _The Signal Foundation’s mission is to develop open source privacy technology that protects free expression and enables secure global communication._ vs _The left must vie for control over the algorithms, data, and infrastructure that shape our lives._ I don't think these two staments match very well. Caesar's wife and all that.... Edit: BTW, I wish her well too. I don't think that she's going to hinder Signal's crypto just serve to the left's interests, but she hasn't a clean record.
    - ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
      Fair ‘nuff, but the second quote was taken out of context, as the whole article was about “taking control,” in order to stop manipulation. She is quite left-leaning, though, so I could see why some folks would find her ideology grating. I believe that a fair number of right-leaning people also use Signal.
    - Schroedingersat 4y ago
      Control in this context is very clearly control by the users and communities as opposed to government and corporations. Rainbow capitalism isn't left and never has been.
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by fefe23 4y ago

HuwFulcher 4y ago

You can find her name (Meredith Whittaker) in 2 clicks from that article. I agree the name should be present but it's not exactly difficult for someone semi tech-literate to find.

bauruine 4y ago

If you click on the author you get to her github profile that contains her full name. It's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Whittaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Whittaker

djaychela 4y ago

> I'm not interested in her feelings or whether she thinks she is qualified. Maybe not, but a lot of people will be, particularly if their favourite thing is being 'taken over' by said person. >I would like to know her name so I can find out for myself what she has done before. Kind of unfortunate that the link in the blog entry is to a currently-empty Github account (in terms of public repos, anyway). However, a brief search turned up her Wikipedia page [1], and going on what's in there it looks as if she's better aligned to what she said on the Blog page than if you just looked at her briefly and saw she was an employee of Google for some time. > I also don't need to be told that Signal is important. If I didn't think that I wouldn't be reading their blog post. You may not need to be told (and neither do I), but there are oceans of people out there who don't know that there is a workable alternative to using WhatsApp. It took me a long time (and leverage via a friend-group holiday) to get my friends on Signal (I'm not on any Meta properties, by principle), and most of them hadn't heard of it. Most people just use WhatsApp because it's become the default, and most of them don't care about Meta (or anyone else's) policies or warping of society. They just want to communicate, and don't want to use SMS/MMS (because of the limited features or cost), or can't use iMessage (because they aren't on an iPhone). [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Whittaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Whittaker

t6jvcereio 4y ago
> Maybe not, but a lot of people will be, particularly if their favourite thing is being 'taken over' by said person. Wouldn't those people rather be told what her plans are?

lavventura 4y ago

well said

Mandatum 4y ago

This isn’t written for you. It’s for investors and middle managers internally.

samuel 4y ago

That was my first instinct, to look what she had done/write before. I have to admit, being anti-woke myself (not American), that this article caught my eye: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/tech-labor-progressive/ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/tech-labor-progres... Not the kind of person I would expect to be in charge of Signal, TBH.

ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
> Not the kind of person I would expect to be in charge of Signal, TBH. Actually, to me, it seems fairly consistent with Signal’s mission. She appears to be fairly qualified (including a mindset, as she is in a leadership role) and I wish her well.
- samuel 4y ago
  _The Signal Foundation’s mission is to develop open source privacy technology that protects free expression and enables secure global communication._ vs _The left must vie for control over the algorithms, data, and infrastructure that shape our lives._ I don't think these two staments match very well. Caesar's wife and all that.... Edit: BTW, I wish her well too. I don't think that she's going to hinder Signal's crypto just serve to the left's interests, but she hasn't a clean record.
  - ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
    Fair ‘nuff, but the second quote was taken out of context, as the whole article was about “taking control,” in order to stop manipulation. She is quite left-leaning, though, so I could see why some folks would find her ideology grating. I believe that a fair number of right-leaning people also use Signal.
  - Schroedingersat 4y ago
    Control in this context is very clearly control by the users and communities as opposed to government and corporations. Rainbow capitalism isn't left and never has been.

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