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Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO

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Re: Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO

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> Mark’s belief that people would put their real selves online to connect with other people was so mesmerizing that we stood by that door and talked for the rest of the night.

Real selves, ha! More like jealousy (and other negative emotions) evoking versions of selves.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO

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I wander what this means for Nick Clegg, and how much of his promotion to be “the same level” as Sheryl and Mark was related to her intention to leave.

He obviously isn’t a COO, but then Facebook has an existential legislative risk. So maybe that’s the indication, they need to be co-run by a policy leader, and opps is a solved problem.

https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/16/nick-cleg...

> “[Mark] added that the new role would put Clegg “at the level” of himself and Sheryl Sandberg”

Re: Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO

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It seems like the article link requires a FB account. Can anyone paste the contents or share a link that doesn't require a facebook account?

It does not require a FB account. You can see it from an incognito window just fine.

I tried that just now, and got a "you must log in" page.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it really? I don’t think it is. Pre-Trump era she was more the public face of Facebook than even Zuck. Then when the Cambridge Analytica scandal basically did a 180 on the entire reputation of the company she effectively disappeared from the public eye.

Yeah. I suppose I mean that she's been disappeared for the public eye for a while, so why leave now? My guess isn't that maybe she's lost too much influence and just doesn't find the job interesting anymore.

I mean hard to leave a job where you’re getting paid hundreds of millions.

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I increasingly believe that Facebook’s pivot to Meta will end up going down as one of the biggest misses in the history of business. The metaverse is a real idea yes - but strapping a phone to your face and walking through your coffee table isn’t it. Especially not with a mediocre centralized FB owned “virtual world” where they inflict heavy taxes and content moderation. Facebook has neglected its core businesses for…

How is that related to Sheryl stepping down as COO at all?

Likely alluding that this was a major factor to her resignation.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO

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I increasingly believe that Facebook’s pivot to Meta will end up going down as one of the biggest misses in the history of business. The metaverse is a real idea yes - but strapping a phone to your face and walking through your coffee table isn’t it. Especially not with a mediocre centralized FB owned “virtual world” where they inflict heavy taxes and content moderation. Facebook has neglected its core businesses for…

I don't know anyone under 50 who actively uses Facebook.

I know many people under 50 who use instagram. Almost everyone in fact.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO

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That does explain a few things.

Sandberg has been exceptionally quiet in the last few months, and given that the succession underneath her has been horribly bungled, I suspect she's chosen this time to bugger off.

I'm not sure what this means, but I hope Sandberg's style of disingenuous personal "brand" disappears with her. Just say what you mean and give us time back.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO

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I increasingly believe that Facebook’s pivot to Meta will end up going down as one of the biggest misses in the history of business. The metaverse is a real idea yes - but strapping a phone to your face and walking through your coffee table isn’t it. Especially not with a mediocre centralized FB owned “virtual world” where they inflict heavy taxes and content moderation. Facebook has neglected its core businesses for…

I don't know anyone under 50 who actively uses Facebook.

Just Facebook itself or also Instagram and Whatsapp?
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