Another Facebook debacle - deleting exec Facebook messages from users mailboxes

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p5a1ux
Apr 5, 2018 106 Comments

Looks like they are trying to hide embarrassing chats and messages. This is deleting messages from zuck in Facebook chat. https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/05/zuckerberg-deleted-messages/

Update: originally I thought this was both email and chat but apparently it is only Facebook "messages" aka chat.

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  • Uber
    la_dude

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    la_dude
    Please don’t post this faux-journalism. TechCrunch is sensationalist garbage.
    Apr 5, 2018 33
    • Amazon
      ululemon

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      ululemon
      Folks who think this is retention policy and thus fine, you are with blinders. Your company’s data retention policy shouldn’t control my inbox. This is very dark.

      Think of a situation when you are arguing with your bank on some significant mistakes they have made. You may need to go to a third party/ court for an amend. All of a sudden the email threads from your bank on the argument vanished from your inbox - poof! They say it’s their data retention policy!

      Apr 7, 2018
    • Fitbit
      joejoefit

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      joejoefit
      The facts speak for themselves that Facebook fucked up. Facebook is being exposed and let’s see how Zuck does on Wed in front of congress.
      Apr 8, 2018
  • Amazon / Eng
    EURV73

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    EURV73
    How interesting. Another TechCrunch bullcrap. Sometimes I wonder how you can work in Tech but fall into these biased narratives. Maybe people in tech are not all so smart.
    Apr 6, 2018 1
  • Amazon / Eng
    Hooliganss

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    Hooliganss
    That kind of functionality should not exist, imo. Technical limitations should prevent this kind of thing from happening.
    Apr 6, 2018 6
    • Do Sundar Pichai’s Hangouts messages disappear when they’re inconvenient? Do Satya Nadella’s Skype messages disappear when they’re inconvenient?
      Apr 6, 2018
    • Facebook / Eng
      interloop

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      interloop
      Not when they're inconvenient. It most likely happens regularly. Like all the time. Why keep the records? You're quite naive if you think either of those CEOs don't have off the record phone messages.
      Apr 7, 2018
  • Facebook
    Facebook ♨

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    Facebook ♨
    Nah it’s because we kicked publishers out of our platform and most of them died in the desert. Those who didn’t die are using their old tactics of fake news , fabricated stories, and click baits for revenge.
    Apr 6, 2018 7
    • Amazon
      pQvt82

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      pQvt82
      The media isn't being unfair to FB. FB has a real culture problem at the core of their business. The media has only recently started reporting what most everyone always knew about Facebook's disregard for privacy.
      Apr 7, 2018
    • Fitbit
      joejoefit

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      joejoefit
      Fail. @eurv73 This ones on facebook buddy, they created their own fucked up reality. No one to blame but themselves.
      Apr 8, 2018
  • The scariest part of this thread is that these people are all employees of tech companies. There are probably many others that look up to each of them as their person who can help them make sense of tech news. And some of them can’t even tell the difference between an email and a message.

    Now you know this happens in every other field. The people writing the stories are idiots. The guy you go to who knows something about it because he works in the field is also a moron. Humanity is fucked.
    Apr 7, 2018 2