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Can Facebook fuck off with closing the current tab I am in whenever I click one of their links? Sometimes undoing the closed tab doesn't work and there is no way to recover my previous tabs history. This has gotten so annoying and used to be things we only expected from spam sites
Justify your actions because they are right, not because they will be popular.
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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.
Of course it is. Arguably the people with that privilege should have more obligation to exercise it in the service of what’s right.
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.
It’s about time this started happening! Facebook employees of HN, how about joining him?
EDIT: Looks like someone thinks they can downvote away their bad conscience.
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Hrm, yes, though flagged. (I'd searched the FB link, didn't see the LinkedIn post.)
Why was it flagged?
If you resign from Facebook and don't tell anyone, have you really resigned?
He’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.
He’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.
Agreed. Putting money behind your statement gives it much more weight.