This is what solidarity should look like, It takes courage to walk away from a company such as Facebook but it's a great move nonetheless. We should not become complicit
I'm resigning from my job at Facebook
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Re: I'm resigning from my job at Facebook
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
Of course it is. Arguably the people with that privilege should have more obligation to exercise it in the service of what’s right.
Whilst his stance is to be applauded, it lessens the value of the stance given that he’s not sacrificing much and won’t suffer for his cause. Doesn’t mean it’s not the right thing to do, just that it would carry more weight if he was leaving to go work at Burger King. Then you’d say “man that guy stands tall”. Edit: Ok reasonable criticism, I’ll withdraw.
So it would be more valuable if a janitor quit their job at Facebook than if a developer quit?
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#53He’s standing up for what he believes. You can disagree with his convictions, but you should admire anyone who risks personal and financial consequences for sticking to their guns. That’s what actual morality is—not just a “belief” that is talked about but acted upon even when the results will be costly.
It’s a highly privileged position to be in to make a personal stand and leave your $250,000 job for another $250,000 job. Not judging this way or that, just saying.
Agreed.
I don’t think that’s their fault, I’m happy they=’re leaving, but the people commenting and upvoting these threads should question how much attention this one person deserves. There are people working jobs in far worse conditions with far worse bosses we never hear about.
Re: I'm resigning from my job at Facebook
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
Of course it is. Arguably the people with that privilege should have more obligation to exercise it in the service of what’s right.
Whilst his stance is to be applauded, it lessens the value of the stance given that he’s not sacrificing much and won’t suffer for his cause. Doesn’t mean it’s not the right thing to do, just that it would carry more weight if he was leaving to go work at Burger King. Then you’d say “man that guy stands tall”. Edit: Ok reasonable criticism, I’ll withdraw.
He would stand even taller if while he was quitting Facebook, he was running in to a burning building to save a child. Of course, while saving a child is to be applauded, it lessens the value of his stance that he's not also saving 10,000 from starvation. Of course, that would be nothing next to achieving world peace while eliminating corruption in every government in the world. I'm not saying he shouldn't quit Facebook over his convictions, it's just that it would be awfully nice if he solved every global problem and then was crucified on an actual cross for doing it on the way out.
Re: I'm resigning from my job at Facebook
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Of course it is. Arguably the people with that privilege should have more obligation to exercise it in the service of what’s right.
Whilst his stance is to be applauded, it lessens the value of the stance given that he’s not sacrificing much and won’t suffer for his cause. Doesn’t mean it’s not the right thing to do, just that it would carry more weight if he was leaving to go work at Burger King. Then you’d say “man that guy stands tall”. Edit: Ok reasonable criticism, I’ll withdraw.
Public resignations are an honorable form of protest. There is probably some consequence for doing so publicly, but suffering isn’t a requirement.
Resigning isn’t about sacrifice to the volcano god, and if that is what you’re looking for, you are not the audience.
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s a highly privileged position to be in to make a personal stand and leave your $250,000 job for another $250,000 job. Not judging this way or that, just saying.
To be fair, it doesn't sound like he has another job lined up. There's no guarantee his next job will pay that well.
With the amount of fame he is getting with this post, I would be surprised if he did not receive 30+ offers that pays well yet.
Edit: Of course, the big 5 (FAANG) will not touch him even with a 10 meter pole, but there are other places also pays well.
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#57What happened to everyone leaving Facebook when Hillary lost ? Their active users have grown orders of magnitude since then.
> Their active users have grown orders of magnitude since then.
True if we are in base 2. Well, actually that would be "order"
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s a highly privileged position to be in to make a personal stand and leave your $250,000 job for another $250,000 job. Not judging this way or that, just saying.
it's much more than most people have done and having the skills to be payed $250,000 is not a privilege. you don't wake up one day knowing how to code it'a a lot of work.
True. Most likely he was well educated and taught skills that enhanced his ability to work hard in a stable enviroment.
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#59Presidents have all kinds of privileges that others don’t. Why should their privilege on social-media be diminished? To me the problem is not the platform but the fact that they have such exceptional privilege to begin with. What I don't understand is how you can be Facebook employee and also think the platform is the problem - lots of these especially in the React community [1]. If you believe Facebook is the proble…
>Why should their privilege on social-media be diminished?
Why should a president, prime minister or government/parliament member should have "privilege" ? should they be allowed to swear or show their naked ass on public TV because they are special? The rules should apply equal to all citizens no exceptions for the ones in power.
IMO the algorithm that decides if a post should be banned or not should not have as input who is the author.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hrm, yes, though flagged. (I'd searched the FB link, didn't see the LinkedIn post.)
Why was it flagged?
Flags are generally from user votes- so probably too inflammatory/political to some here.
Per the guidelines: "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."