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Isn't it more likely that in both cases, large companies changed course in response to overwhelming user feedback and are trying to cover their butts with "oops

• freehunter 13y ago
  It's possible, but I would hate to assume that. I would guess that an article on HN wouldn't really be "overwheling user feedback" anyway, at least not for Facebook. During that event, it also came out that several other organizations did the same thing (Google and Hacker News, to name two) and that this was a known event. Surely reaching out to Facebook before setting their headquarters on fire would have been reasonable. So no, I wouldn't say it's more likely. Possible, yes, but the question of 'more likely' depends on how quickly you think large companies like Facebook and Oracle are willing to change course based on a very minor PR event. I doubt it would affect their bottom line at all. The more likely event seems to be that it was us that got it wrong, not the other way around.