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Zuckerberg Takes Steps to Calm Facebook Employees

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Re: Zuckerberg Takes Steps to Calm Facebook Employees

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Zuckerberg should resign at this moment. Facebook needs new leadership if it wants to change the way it has been operating.

It is pretty easy to call for resignation as an outsider. This is not an elected position, i do not think people get to call this.

Re: Zuckerberg Takes Steps to Calm Facebook Employees

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It was true at Google. It's certainly true at financial institutions. I dunno about Amazon. I'm not sure what other comparisons would be relevant here. EDIT/NOTE: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16675493

I believe it's true of Google! I do not believe it's true in general.

shrug

Without evidence we're both just guessing. Perhaps someone else will chime in with direct knowledge of how FB works.

Re: Zuckerberg Takes Steps to Calm Facebook Employees

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I hope so, but keep in mind Facebook has a magical password that worked for every account for almost a decade.

Source?

http://theweek.com/articles/474339/facebookinsider-memoir-sk...

Re: Zuckerberg Takes Steps to Calm Facebook Employees

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post #21
post #8

Zuckerberg should resign at this moment. Facebook needs new leadership if it wants to change the way it has been operating.

It is pretty easy to call for resignation as an outsider. This is not an elected position, i do not think people get to call this.

As a shareholder I do, this kid works for me and it is time to take full responsibility and go home...

Re: Zuckerberg Takes Steps to Calm Facebook Employees

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was true at Google. It's certainly true at financial institutions. I dunno about Amazon. I'm not sure what other comparisons would be relevant here. EDIT/NOTE: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16675493

> It was true at Google. Yes, because Google is not your average company. It takes security extremely seriously... in fact it's about as awful of an example as you can give for a blanket statement you made about "most companies".

OK you're right that I overstated when I said "most companies." What I meant to say was most companies of the size and sophistication of Facebook that have a significant amount of private user information. Sorry for not being clear.

Re: Zuckerberg Takes Steps to Calm Facebook Employees

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I believe it's true of Google! I do not believe it's true in general.

shrug Without evidence we're both just guessing. Perhaps someone else will chime in with direct knowledge of how FB works.

> shrug. Without evidence we're both just guessing.

Do I understand correctly that you just admitted that your (extremely confident!) factual statement here:

> most companies have pretty strict internal controls for this sort of thing

was actually "just guessing"?

Re: Zuckerberg Takes Steps to Calm Facebook Employees

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> It was true at Google. Yes, because Google is not your average company. It takes security extremely seriously... in fact it's about as awful of an example as you can give for a blanket statement you made about "most companies".

OK you're right that I overstated when I said "most companies." What I meant to say was most companies of the size and sophistication of Facebook that have a significant amount of private user information. Sorry for not being clear.

If you add "and notoriety" to that list of qualifiers, I agree with you!

Re: Zuckerberg Takes Steps to Calm Facebook Employees

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shrug Without evidence we're both just guessing. Perhaps someone else will chime in with direct knowledge of how FB works.

> shrug . Without evidence we're both just guessing. Do I understand correctly that you just admitted that your (extremely confident!) factual statement here: > most companies have pretty strict internal controls for this sort of thing was actually "just guessing" ?

I'm guessing based on:

1) my direct knowledge of similar companies

2) the fact that no large scale leak from internal sources has happened from FB which is evidence that they have at least some internal controls or procedures to prevent one

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