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Facebook Loses Much Face In Secret Smear On Google

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Re: Facebook Loses Much Face In Secret Smear On Google

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Post by ignifero »

grovulent wrote: post #10

Good ol' Arrington... he's got the courage to call em out. To really stick it to the big guys. It takes guts to say "No More!" to the corrupt and the wicked, even when such a stance might cost you personally. I was going to comment as such on his blog... ...but I don't have a facebook account. ;)

i can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but it takes a blog and some fu money

Re: Facebook Loses Much Face In Secret Smear On Google

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Post by bad_user »

Wow, just wow!

I wonder how employees feel about it - is it just business as usual? For that matter, I wonder how would-be investors feel about it.

Google defeated competition from Microsoft and Yahoo with innovation and hard work, not with slimy tactics. They dazzled the world by being open, provocative, fast and effective, forward-thinking, pushing web apps to their limits, giving customers what they wanted.

Is this it? Is Facebook the next Google? How depressing.

Re: Facebook Loses Much Face In Secret Smear On Google

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Post by borism »

plinkplonk wrote: post #8

I wonder what the ex googlers who moved to FaceBook think of such slimy tactics. Might be interesting to hear the perspective of someone who moved from a company that (at least) professes an adherence to "Don't be evil" to a company that apparently has no problems with jumping into the slime. If I worked for Facebook, I'd be ashamed of my employer today (and would probably protest and then get fired!). And, as someon…

I wonder what the ex googlers who moved to FaceBook think of such slimy tactics

stock options non olet, I guess...

Re: Facebook Loses Much Face In Secret Smear On Google

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Post by bluedanieru »

bad_user wrote: post #13

Wow, just wow! I wonder how employees feel about it - is it just business as usual? For that matter, I wonder how would-be investors feel about it. Google defeated competition from Microsoft and Yahoo with innovation and hard work, not with slimy tactics. They dazzled the world by being open, provocative, fast and effective, forward-thinking, pushing web apps to their limits, giving customers what they wanted. Is thi…

Facebook is the next, I don't know, Oracle probably. Google is the next Google.

Re: Facebook Loses Much Face In Secret Smear On Google

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Post by tytso »

plinkplonk wrote: post #8

I wonder what the ex googlers who moved to FaceBook think of such slimy tactics. Might be interesting to hear the perspective of someone who moved from a company that (at least) professes an adherence to "Don't be evil" to a company that apparently has no problems with jumping into the slime. If I worked for Facebook, I'd be ashamed of my employer today (and would probably protest and then get fired!). And, as someon…

It's not like this is the first evil thing Facebook has done.... there might be some who might argue that yanking around Facebook's defaults about users' privacy settings was far worse than using a PR sock puppet.

Personally, I think using (or perhaps we should say, trying to use) a PR sock puppet was cowardly, and trying to bash a competing product by spreading anonymous innuendoes was crass. But not all would agree with me. Some might even say that anything which is not illegal, is OK in our capitalistic society. And as far as I know, no laws were broken. That being said, I am so glad I don't work at Facebook.

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