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Sheryl Sandberg’s New Job Is to Fix Facebook’s Reputation and Her Own

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Re: Sheryl Sandberg’s New Job Is to Fix Facebook’s Reputation and Her Own

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Post by dingaling »

charlesism wrote: post #34
trophycase wrote: post #25

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I just mean they are one of the largest companies in the world and don't seem to be going anywhere with the rise of Instagram. It more or less seems that they have had no penalty for using this strategy.

Everyone here is aware FB has had a good run. I wouldn't bank on them long-term . This stuff does not bode well... > Facebook on Thursday posted the largest one-day loss in > market value by any company in U.S. stock market history > after releasing a disastrous quarterly report.

'Facebook' didn't post any loss, its short-term shareholders did.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg’s New Job Is to Fix Facebook’s Reputation and Her Own

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Post by confounded »

dang wrote: post #50
confounded wrote: post #49

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So what are you doing here with us losers? Are you aware that you sound a bit like a paid ad, or a lobbyist going through a list of talking points in the preferred corporate frames of reference?

This comment breaks the site guidelines, or at least dips a toe on the wrong side. Could you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and not do that, regardless of how you feel about Facebook?

You got me bang to rights; apologies.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg’s New Job Is to Fix Facebook’s Reputation and Her Own

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Post by C7H8N4O2 »

Jyaif wrote: post #45
armini wrote: post #30

I loved hearing Tim Cook's response about the incident "we would never put ourselves in the position of selling our user data". Fundamentally the Facebook business model was flawed & destined to fail. We hope the new generation of applications learn and evolve to better & stronger platforms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkyH3JRxndc

FB does not sell user data and Tim Cook knows this very well. Puzzling that he reduces himself to propagating such FUD.

They may not directly sell user data, but their revenue derives from leasing targeted access to end-users filtered by insights drawn from said data.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg’s New Job Is to Fix Facebook’s Reputation and Her Own

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Post by dang »

confounded wrote: post #72
dang wrote: post #50

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This comment breaks the site guidelines, or at least dips a toe on the wrong side. Could you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and not do that, regardless of how you feel about Facebook?

You got me bang to rights; apologies.

Appreciated!

Re: Sheryl Sandberg’s New Job Is to Fix Facebook’s Reputation and Her Own

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Post by gaius »

sebleon wrote: post #59
waterhouse wrote: post #53

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine#Uses "Enhancing performance: Nicotine is frequently used for its performance-enhancing effects on cognition, alertness, and focus.[38] A meta-analysis of 41 double-blind, placebo-controlled studies concluded that nicotine or smoking had significant positive effects on aspects of fine motor abilities, alerting and orienting attention, and episodic and working memory.[39] A 2015 r…

Very interesting - the few times I've had a cigarette, I've definitely noticed a sense of clarity in thinking and alertness. For non-smokers, showers seem to be one of the rare times where one is left alone with ones thoughts to explore, while cigarette smokers may experience this with every smoking break.

Yes, I’ve never smoked cigarettes but I’ve always envied the way smokers could always just take a few minutes to gather their thoughts whenever they wanted. And smoking as a social activity cuts out all class and other boundaries.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg’s New Job Is to Fix Facebook’s Reputation and Her Own

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Post by mantas »

akiselev wrote: post #44
tintor wrote: post #42

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Network effect. Lots of people still use it.

> Network effect. Lots of people still use it. Cigarettes are legal pretty much everywhere and easily found at any corner store. Network effect.

The real network effect is all the chit-chat while smoking and making connections when somebody asks for a some/fire.

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Post by adiusmus »

mehrdadn wrote: post #28
jliptzin wrote: post #5

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Facebook is the cigarette of our generation

Really? Besides "feeling good" (I assume?), I would be hard pressed to think of a single beneficial thing about cigarette. Facebook certainly has more productive uses than just making you feel good... the question is whether they're worth the downsides.

Plenty of good things about nicotine : - weight management (appetite suppressant) [1] - clarifies certain kinds of decision making - heightens alert­ness - improves attention for those with schizophrenia [2]

Smoking cigarettes on the other hand is... less than optimal.

[1] https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/brain-p... [2] http://schizophrenia.com/nicotine.benefits.htm

Re: Sheryl Sandberg’s New Job Is to Fix Facebook’s Reputation and Her Own

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Post by adiusmus »

collyw wrote: post #63
mehrdadn wrote: post #28

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Really? Besides "feeling good" (I assume?), I would be hard pressed to think of a single beneficial thing about cigarette. Facebook certainly has more productive uses than just making you feel good... the question is whether they're worth the downsides.

I have noticed the smokers always seem to make more connections at work than me, even though I consider myself more extroverted than some of my smoking colleagues.

Nicotine temporarily lowers the effects of some forms of anxiety. Socialising can be scary for people.

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Post by Jare »

ilovecaching wrote: post #47

To those of you saying Facebook provides no value, here are some concrete examples: - In countries where fraud is rampant and people try to sell basic goods on messaging platforms, marketplace allows small business owners and tradesmen to barter goods. This is leagues safer and more efficient than their old methods. Facebook provides a place where people can plan events and create “websites” for their shops and activ…

> Facebook gives me the ability to hear from people I don’t agree with. Instagram and twitter are just echo chambers based on what I like or are just pictures of sunsets

This is so weird to me. Twitter in most cases is what you make of it, if you want to hear from people you don't agree with, then you just have follow people you don't agree with and read what they say. It doesn't take long to curate a list of people who are not trolls.

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