It is a fact that Facebook called for Definer's services. Definers specialized in applying political campaign tactics to corporate public relations - an approach employed by lots of tech, telecom, and financial firms. The way this fact was communicated, however, implied anti-Semitic overtones, as far-right groups have long preached similar conspiracy theories in which Soros, a Jew, is the hiding figure behind all kinds of different policies, groups, and activities. Now that is what I call "blown out of proportion". It is that narrative that feeds sheep enthusiasm that I see in on Blind. Yes, some people actually believed that a company lead by a jew is launching Anti-semetic campaigns against another jew. That is how bad it is. It is really surprising to me how people here can be easily hyped up by such simple PR tactics. No one even stopped to question why facebook is getting all the heat and is being singled out when Google went totally under the radar with its Google+ scandal. The masses are idiots, that is understandable. But to see that sheep mentality here on Blind among tech workers that I assumed to be on average more skeptical than the common street guy was a surprise. :)
Fact is Facebook has not been an honest company at many levels. So what you are witnessing is the public angst that has built up over time
“Honest” corporations is a myth, same as flying Unicorns. They do not exist.
But some companies are just more dishonest than others.
Children, children: when you get to my age you realize that this kind of image problems have happened to Microsoft, to Apple, to Yahoo among others in the past. Some get over it, some don't. Not really an assessment of relative positioning on evilness scale. Remember, they are all corporations and are all evil. I am 37 (next year).
So why not say you’re 36?!
The reality is that Facebook is a cancer that needs to be eradicated. So many brilliant people working on getting people to view more ads and contributing no value to society... not to mention the devastating effects it has on mental health - very sad state of affairs.
Lol this applies to every internet company who's business model revolves around ads
That is a hyperbole that confirms the sheep mentality. “Contributing no value to society” - mind sharing with us how you arrived at that extreme conclusion?
Nobody has forgotten about that scandal... it’s just not hot right now. You want me to explain how outside influences work?
Then why are people naively singling out facebook as the sole root of all evil?
Same reason why when citing a source I’d pick one that most helps my agenda or is more fresh. The point is, they are dead wrong either way. If you and I are both speeding and the cop decides to get you, I call that bad f’ing luck.
Wtf is Xperi
Lol. I would say there is more hate on blind because most of the people here have been ripping their ass off and still cannot get into Facebook. Its very much understandable that these people just needed a chance to bad mouth FB. Sour grapes thing you know! If you cannot get into FB lets start the hate against it. Especially Microsoft employees and Amazonians have done that a lot. And I know my comment is going to be hated by a lot of people. But sadly I am being honest.
Tbh I’m surprised eBay is still around, hasn’t amazon driven you guys out of business yet?
Do they realise that they are shooting themselves in the foot? Companies like fb increase their market value, even if they fail to get in.
It's probably because Facebook is a plague on society. It achieves nothing except waste peoples time.
^This. And also helps spread propaganda. Deleted my account years back. With all the fake news it should be renamed to Fakebook.
“Achieves nothing” is a very strong statement. It is an extreme hyperbole. What magical formula have you used to calculate that the value achieved is exactly zero?