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Why?

by _micheee 4y ago

Why?

nvarsj 4y ago
This kind of internal tooling and workflow is almost always under NDA.
bagels 4y ago
If they worked at Facebook/Meta they violated their nda and put themself in legal peril.
- lopkeny12ko 4y ago
  Have you never seen https://engineering.fb.com/ https://engineering.fb.com/? Engineers there blog about their tech tools all the time. "Legal peril" sounds like a bit of a stretch.
  - bagels 4y ago
    Those blog posts likely go through legal, privacy and marketing review. If you think that Facebook wouldn't enforce an NDA, especially on something sensitive like this, I think you are incorrect.
  - wrigby 4y ago
    These posts are all thoroughly reviewed by comms and legal teams. In onboarding, it’s thoroughly communicated that you need to go through the proper channels to publicly publish anything with technical details.
- nindalf 4y ago
  I think I’ll be fine. My reasoning is two fold - I haven’t shared anything that could be exploited by anyone. And second, Meta and others in the industry try to share information about how their integrity efforts work so we can learn from each other.
  - nomel 4y ago
    “Legal peril” and “I think” are not compatible, for a rational person. “I know” is where you want to be, before putting yourself in front of one of the largest collections of lawyers on the planet.
  - dapids 4y ago
    This is not some general blanket approach you can take to talking about internal implementations. You are either right, or wrong. There is no middle ground or "I think". If you've signed an NDA around these internal implementations I would wager that NDA came with a clause to not discuss it without consulting Meta, even after your departure.
    - nindalf 4y ago
      I feel like your concern is genuine. But maybe overblown. I haven’t shared any trade secrets so I’m confident I’ll be fine.
      - throwaway98797 4y ago
        technical people want technical confirmation that does not exist, they can’t understand that you are fine, thank you for the post
    - shadowgovt 4y ago
      And it's obviously BS that companies can abridge a citizen's freedom of speech after the employment agreement ends. If this individual wants to be the case on the lawsuit that's a long time coming, more power to them. This Supreme Court is not big-tech-friendly; good time to shift up the precedent.
- charcircuit 4y ago
  Keep in mind there has to be damages to be in legal peril. Otherwise there can only be social consequences.
  - bagels 4y ago
    Many NDAs include liquidated damages.
    - charcircuit 4y ago
      Anecdotally none of the NDAs I've signed included one.

Why?

nvarsj 4y ago

This kind of internal tooling and workflow is almost always under NDA.

bagels 4y ago

If they worked at Facebook/Meta they violated their nda and put themself in legal peril.

lopkeny12ko 4y ago
Have you never seen https://engineering.fb.com/ https://engineering.fb.com/? Engineers there blog about their tech tools all the time. "Legal peril" sounds like a bit of a stretch.
- bagels 4y ago
  Those blog posts likely go through legal, privacy and marketing review. If you think that Facebook wouldn't enforce an NDA, especially on something sensitive like this, I think you are incorrect.
- wrigby 4y ago
  These posts are all thoroughly reviewed by comms and legal teams. In onboarding, it’s thoroughly communicated that you need to go through the proper channels to publicly publish anything with technical details.
nindalf 4y ago
I think I’ll be fine. My reasoning is two fold - I haven’t shared anything that could be exploited by anyone. And second, Meta and others in the industry try to share information about how their integrity efforts work so we can learn from each other.
- nomel 4y ago
  “Legal peril” and “I think” are not compatible, for a rational person. “I know” is where you want to be, before putting yourself in front of one of the largest collections of lawyers on the planet.
- dapids 4y ago
  This is not some general blanket approach you can take to talking about internal implementations. You are either right, or wrong. There is no middle ground or "I think". If you've signed an NDA around these internal implementations I would wager that NDA came with a clause to not discuss it without consulting Meta, even after your departure.
  - nindalf 4y ago
    I feel like your concern is genuine. But maybe overblown. I haven’t shared any trade secrets so I’m confident I’ll be fine.
    - throwaway98797 4y ago
      technical people want technical confirmation that does not exist, they can’t understand that you are fine, thank you for the post
  - shadowgovt 4y ago
    And it's obviously BS that companies can abridge a citizen's freedom of speech after the employment agreement ends. If this individual wants to be the case on the lawsuit that's a long time coming, more power to them. This Supreme Court is not big-tech-friendly; good time to shift up the precedent.
charcircuit 4y ago
Keep in mind there has to be damages to be in legal peril. Otherwise there can only be social consequences.
- bagels 4y ago
  Many NDAs include liquidated damages.
  - charcircuit 4y ago
    Anecdotally none of the NDAs I've signed included one.