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I'm not trying to impute evil motives to Facebook and I understand why they're doing this. I'm just pointing out that blog posts about philosophies are trumped
by Harkins 18y ago
I'm not trying to impute evil motives to Facebook and I understand why they're doing this. I'm just pointing out that blog posts about philosophies are trumped by contracts and it's ridiculous for Zuckerberg to expect anyone to take his words seriously.
- CalmQuiet 18y agoI take his words seriously: that their philosophy is to preserve contributor ownership. But Zuck may not always be in charge (isn't completely now, for that matter). So his words ought not to be taken legally: i.e., they offer no protection to Facebookers from corporate decisions.
- plesn 18y agoExactly. Even if their current intent is good, they are stating something that can potentially be evil for their customers, and only that counts for lawyers. The argument is: imagine they have financial difficulties and that Dogbert buys them to exploit our data...