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Annoyingly easy to discredit this article as a disgruntled former-employee trying to stick it to Facebook/Meta. I'm no fan of Facebook, seriously. But it's ha
by dijit 4y ago
Annoyingly easy to discredit this article as a disgruntled former-employee trying to stick it to Facebook/Meta.
I'm no fan of Facebook, seriously.
But it's hard to take an article like this at face value.
Was he fired for not doing his job, and his grievance was a reframed legitimate problem (IE doing data analysis in the background will run down the battery)?
Was he just laid off during this most recent round of layoffs and is reframing it as an injustice for him fighting for users?
We only have his word, and there only needs to be a hint of truth to make it easy to digest.
See also: It's hard not to know what you're getting into with Facebook, especially in the role this person took. Data analysis is the name of the game.
- ed_elliott_asc 4y agoThe article says he was fired for not running the test and reporting to his manager that it was wrong
- ilyt 4y agoI don't think someone would risk being attached the "faking the reason for firing" label and become harder to employ and fake stuff like that then go public with it. I mean sure it is possible, but lying about stuff like that is on stupid end of spectrum
- themitigating 4y agoI also don't think people do stupid things when angry
- throwaway69123 4y agoWhat is the point this comment is trying to make ?
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- dijit 4y agoI find it hard, despite hating Facebook, to believe the article with the lack of evidence and how easy it would be to explain the symptoms described as part of another (less intentionally malicious) operation.
- friendlyHornet 4y agoWhat sort of evidence are you looking for? Source code? I would agree with you if his name was kept anonymous but since he's attaching his reputation to this claim, it makes it slightly more believable Unfortunately it remains an unfalsifiable claim so I am skeptical, as well, but I won't dismiss this outright
- dijit 4y agoI also wont dismiss it, but the point is that I find it difficult to get irrationally angry, which is definitely the aim of the article.
- avgcorrection 4y agoEasy to discredit a comment which only comes up with explanations which disfavors one of the sides.
- dijit 4y agoI'm making an observation with the same data everyone has. You're free to come to a different conclusion. FWIW I'm even on the side of the guy, I really don't like facebook. But even if I don't like something it doesn't mean I should just agree with everything that casts them in a bad light.
- avgcorrection 4y agoNo. Making wild speculations in the complete opposite direction is much more fair.
- mmcgaha 4y agoI understand you point but the "How to run thoughtful negative tests" document is pretty specific. Now if that document does not exist, you are 100% right but if that document exists, you may be wrong and this would need to be looked at more closely.