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Former Facebook Employee Questions the Social Media Life

Posted by samzenpus on from the none-of-us-are-as-lame-as-all-of-us dept.

stevegee58 writes "The Washington Post published an interesting article about Facebook's employee #51, Katherine Losse. As an English major from Johns Hopkins, Losse wasn't the typical Facebook employee. But after starting in customer service, she later became Mark Zuckerberg's personal ghostwriter, penning blog posts in his name. The article traces Losse's growing disillusionment with social networking in general and Facebook in particular. After cashing out some FB stock, Losse resigned and moved to a rural West Texas town to get away from technology and focus on writing."

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  1. Re:Sounds like by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    The linked article is hidden behind a paywall. You can read 2 pages (out of 5) before you are blocked.

  2. Re:Fakebook by Trepidity · · Score: 5, Informative

    You may be dismayed to learn this, but nearly every large company has fake communications from its CEO. You don't think the Delta CEO personally pens the "from the CEO" letter at the front of each month's in-flight magazine, do you? He may read it and suggest (or even make) changes, but I am pretty sure he isn't writing the draft.

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  3. Full Article here - no registration by microcars · · Score: 5, Informative

    You get the full article, rather than 4 pages that eventually require you to "sign in" or "register", if you access the PRINT option.
    Link HERE

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