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John Carmack reflecting on the firing of Palmer Luckey
- ungreased0675 3y agoWhat is the background on this?
- thsksbd 3y agoApparently he was fired for paying ten grand for a pro-Trump billboard back in 2016.
- threeseed 3y agoWhich Zuckerberg denied in his testimony in front of Congress. And which others have also said wasn't the reason. It was to do with Luckey not really being much of a team player which sounds very plausible.
- thsksbd 3y agoI dont know whats more laughable. The idea that Zucky can be honest, or that Congress will pursue - even blatant (see Clapper) - perjury charges.
- ipython 3y agoThere was also the ZeniMax v Facebook trial and $500m judgement: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZeniMax_v._Oculus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZeniMax_v._Oculus But of course it sounds way more sinister if you tie his political donations to it.
- kken 3y agoNot easy to make the connection to Palmer being fired here. The case was decided much later and it equally involve John Carmack, who stayed at Meta much longer, until he left out of his own accord.
- petesergeant 3y agoSelections from his Wikipedia page: > In September 2016, it was reported that Luckey had donated $10,000 to Nimble America, a pro-Donald Trump group that ran a billboard depicting 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with the caption "Too Big to Jail" > The Facebook Near-Billionaire Secretly Funding Trump’s Meme Machine https://www.thedailybeast.com/palmer-luckey-the-facebook-near-billionaire-secretly-funding-trumps-meme-machine https://www.thedailybeast.com/palmer-luckey-the-facebook-nea... > September 2016 … Luckey offered to match further contributions from r/The_Donald users for 48 hours after the announcement. Luckey later issued an apology, stating on his Facebook page, "I am deeply sorry that my actions are negatively impacting the perception of Oculus and its partners." > Facebook executives, including Zuckerberg, reportedly pressured Luckey to publicly voice support for libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, despite his support for then Republican nominee Donald Trump. > After his firing, Luckey hired an employment lawyer, and together negotiated a payout of at least $100 million, arguing that the company had violated California law for allegedly pressuring the executive to voice support for Johnson and for punishing an employee for political activity. > Facebook likewise denied Luckey had been fired for supporting Trump, stating "We can say unequivocally that Palmer's departure was not due to his political views."
- pupppet 3y agoI wonder how he feels about Trump now.
- tensor 3y agoSeems more likely it was because he cost Facebook $500 million because of IP theft: https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-real-reason-palmer-luckey-was-fired-from-facebook/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-real-reason-palmer-luckey-...
- petesergeant 3y agoThat’s FB’s position for sure
- DigitalHackOp 3y ago
- paxys 3y agoMeh. Luckey would have anyways left Facebook the second his lock up (a standard 2 years I'm assuming) expired. Instead he was fired a few months before that and negotiated a huge settlement for himself. So if anything he should be thanking Carmack for not intervening.
- thsksbd 3y agoThat cold comfort for Carmack who feels like he did a cowardly thing. I know that feeling. A prof at grad school got kicked out for BS reasons and I didn't speak out or give her words of support.