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Facebook Employees Are So Paranoid They're Using Burner Phones To Talk To Each Other (nymag.com)
Facebook's reputation has only continued to get more sullied in recent weeks, and it's taking a toll on employees. According to a new report, things over at the old FB are, well, kind of grim. From the report: "People now have burner phones to talk shit about the company -- not even to reporters, just to other employees," one former employee said. Another described the current scene as a "bunker mentality," meaning that after nearly two years of continuous bad press some people are, to borrow a phrase, leaning in as hard as they can to cope. "It's otherwise rational, sane people who're in Mark's orbit spouting full-blown anti-media rhetoric, saying that the press is ganging up on Facebook," said the former employee. Further reading: Facebook Employees Are Calling Former Colleagues To Look For Jobs Outside the Company and Asking About the Best Way To Leave.
You're not paranoid if they're actually after you.
Russian trolls
Yeah, it couldn't be just working people that don't like energy poverty. It's mindless Frenchmen doing the bidding of Russian trolls on Facebook.
Maw! Fire up the karma burner!
Glassdoor just updated their best companies to work for list and Facebook is in the top 10 based on employee feedback. Methinks someone is lying to Glassdoor about their experience at Facebook.
Russian trolls
Yeah, it couldn't be just working people that don't like energy poverty. It's mindless Frenchmen doing the bidding of Russian trolls on Facebook.
Are you trying to say people don't like it when tax breaks for the rich get loaded onto the everyman? Nah, it's gotta be them Russians.
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Considering the ammount of damage, targetted destruction, and graffiti left behind, it has absolutely nothing to do with labour, or taxation.
Anarchists, extremists, and just plain old fashioned assholes always attach themselves to large protests because it gives them an excuse to break shit.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
Since the point of using a burner phone is not to let people know, how would anyone credibly be able to assess the widespread use of burner phones?
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
The media is being unfair to Facebook.
Also, Facebook is terrible and Facebook has taken a very long series of actions that are arrogant and insular. Facebook keeps making big mistakes and Facebook shows no signs of changing what matters.
It's not clear that Facebook even could change its most basic problems:
- it encourages emotional unhealthiness
- its business model is exploitative of Facebook users
- and therefore Facebook is a magnet for trolls who want to exploit users
- we don’t trust Facebook
- we don't want to hear our friends parrot shit they saw on the news (because all it tells us is that our friends haven't learned that the news media is trolling them)
STILL with the "blame the foreigners" narrative? Jesus, it's amazing how useful that is to brush aside the real concerns of working class people. No, nobody can possibly be getting screwed by the system that was set up to screw people, it's gotta be those dirty foreigners who are doing this to us.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
We should take a huge hint from them. They know what goes on behind the scenes. Everything you say is archived - not because it's bad today. No, it will be stored and used against you later. It's a weapon. A new kind of weapon, and the Facebook employees know exactly what it's capable of. They're not being paranoid. Paranoia is an irrational fear.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
Employees also referenced Dara Khosrowshahi, the current CEO of Uber who was brought in to take over for Travis Kalanick and clean up his mess. The suggestion here is that bringing in somebody new, somebody who isn’t Mark Zuckerberg or Sheryl Sandberg, could help fix Facebook. This, of course, seems highly unlikely and, as loyalty to leadership at Facebook runs deep.
Jeez people, if a job is that bad, leave. Staying is just as much a choice as leaving. I've left jobs I hated and taken pay cuts and never looked back. Peace of mind has a definite value. Surprise ending: if you really enjoy what your doing, you'll be good and make more in the end.
These arent tax breaks targeted at the rich. These are taxes targeted at the rural and suburban populations.
"His name was James Damore."
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That's less contrary and more corollary.
Considering the ammount of damage, targetted destruction, and graffiti left behind, it has absolutely nothing to do with labour, or taxation.
Anarchists, extremists, and just plain old fashioned assholes always attach themselves to large protests because it gives them an excuse to break shit.
They didn't do that with the tea party protests. Why's that?
In a very real sense, that is true. The media have been in a continuous uproar since the 2016 Presidential election and the Brexit vote, because the "wrong side" won, and Facebook is a very convenient target for part of the blame. It's not as if Facebook's business model was any different before 2016; the company has always had slimy business practices. The media simply gave Facebook a free pass up to that point.
It must be enormously frustrating to Zuckerberg and Sandberg to fight this battle, because their political leanings are no doubt on the progressive side, and Facebook fundamentally did nothing different in 2016 than it did in 2012. They can't comprehend why they're suddenly the bad guys. It's just that in the modern world of social media (which they helped to create), when the mob goes hunting for witches, someone has to be thrown on the pyre.
"Russian trolls" is the new online "Racist!" It's a meaningless term that is used to indicate that the person doesn't agree with you.
Once upon a time, the words had a real meaning, but in this age, I literally can't.
This situation must be reminiscent of living in communist countries.
Enjoy!
Just so we understand each other, you're saying that the paranoia among employees in literally one of the largest Capitalist companies in the world is like living in a Communist country?
You do realize this sullies Capitalism even more than it does Communism, right? This implies that the power of the Corporation is so great that it rivals or even exceeds that of the nation-state...
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
Russians weigh the same as a duck
Funny that they were doing the entirely stupid and irresponsible things for years, but they didn't get any attention for it until the Cambridge Analytics "scandal". As soon as the media found out Facebook data was used by the orange man and not just the black man, they went insane...and the insanity hasn't stopped.
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When you choose your burner, be very careful it doesn't have the Facebook app preinstalled.
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