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Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg Says He Is Accountable as Company Preps for Mass Layoffs

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Re: Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg Says He Is Accountable as Company Preps for Mass Layoffs

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Well, he still owns >10% of the company. Accountability when you're a significant owner, not to mention a founder, doesn't just mean that you get fired and sent away from the table.

So what does it mean?

He's really doing them all a tremendous favor, and he'd just like to see a little gratitude.

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Him saying he's accountable and not actually being held accountable is not really being "accountable".

He's losing 10s of billions, that seems like a very real way in which he's being held accountable.

Once you're worth north of a few hundred million dollars, what practical, concrete, difference does a few billion added - or removed - from one's personal wealth make?

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Funny how even if your position (you believe) is relatively secure, this news sucks the air out of the working environment and everyone has it in the back of their mind even as they continue holding meetings, etc.

Specific info (1st hand knowledge):

Concur has had a suspicious outage today, preventing people from submitting final reimbursement claims. As well as a general hold on purchasing requests (people I suppose trying to get their benefits in).

A mysterious slowdown in meetings with director level leaders, etc. and certain things (project plans, kickoff meetings) being asked to wait for some more information before publishing.

Shitposting forum blowing up with half-joking memes.

Re: Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg Says He Is Accountable as Company Preps for Mass Layoffs

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Him saying he's accountable and not actually being held accountable is not really being "accountable".

He's losing 10s of billions, that seems like a very real way in which he's being held accountable.

And he'll still have billions. Real accountability would be being removed from his position (which I know isn't possible or at least extremely difficult). He doesn't care about the money, he cares about control.

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Him saying he's accountable and not actually being held accountable is not really being "accountable".

He's losing 10s of billions, that seems like a very real way in which he's being held accountable.

And his lifestyle would change...how exactly? And where do I sign up for that kind of accountability?

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Him saying he's accountable and not actually being held accountable is not really being "accountable".

He's losing 10s of billions, that seems like a very real way in which he's being held accountable.

Sorta, but I have trouble taking a bad outcome that is "your great-grandchildren still won't have to work for a living, unless you choose to make them" as, like, real consequences.

If someone who's already got $10m in the bank would happily trade their success for your "consequences", I dunno, just seems... fake. Like playing poker with quarters—sure you "care" but losing doesn't actually hurt in any meaningful way if your total stakes were $10 or whatever.

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Him saying he's accountable and not actually being held accountable is not really being "accountable".

Just like we've seen the word "literally" transform into meaning roughly the same a "figuratively, but very strongly" we'll might see the word "accountable", start to mean "no consequences for me, but I do want people to think I feel bad (but don't worry, I don't)".

Re: Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg Says He Is Accountable as Company Preps for Mass Layoffs

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post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's losing 10s of billions, that seems like a very real way in which he's being held accountable.

Once you're worth north of a few hundred million dollars, what practical, concrete, difference does a few billion added - or removed - from one's personal wealth make?

This is why being a billionaire should be functionally illegal. Tax away all of that wealth. It is immoral that we allow people to control that much wealth. Vast wealth should be under democratic control.
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