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Top Meta executive said the company's name change was a success because it beat out coverage of the 'Facebook Papers' revelations

www.businessinsider.com Top Meta executive said the company's name change was a success because it beat out coverage of the 'Facebook Papers' revelations

Meta's Chris Cox explained to employees the company's rebrand succeeded in driving press coverage amid whistleblower disclosures.

Top Meta executive said the company's name change was a success because it beat out coverage of the 'Facebook Papers' revelations::Meta's Chris Cox explained to employees the company's rebrand succeeded in driving press coverage amid whistleblower disclosures.

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Anybody got a link to "The Facebook Papers"?
- https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-papers-mark-zuckerberg-frances-haugen-leaked-docs-2021-10
  
  Oh fuck. I didn't know this was around the same time. I literally tell everyone about how shit FB is and this proves it 1000x.
  If you have a daughter or are a daughter, you should hate meta. They're inspiring a generation of self hating women and they have the data to prove it.
- it's not real

Ya know what? He’s not wrong. I forgot about that for a while. I hate him a more now because it worked.

he knows we still call it facebook, right? like only propagandists call it 'meta'.
- Of course he knows, don't think these people are stupid. Still it limited the amount of news about the Facebook Papers by giving the press something else to write about. This post proves it even more.
  And yet in the long run, they can make the name Meta stick, just by behaving like the renaming was a huge success and just ignoring everyone who calls the whole company Facebook.
  If you like it or not over time Facebook will be just one of their brands, also probably not even the most attractive one.
- They don't care whether you call it Facebook or Meta.
  All they care about is that enough people were talking about the name change, so that they were distracted from the real controversy (which is the "Facebook Papers" revalations)
- Seriously? How are you not getting the point of this article?
- All in favor of disrespecting twitters new name?
  
  "Only X I know is Xzibit or RBX " - Kurupt, Calling Out Names

I can't imagine willingly working for a company this openly evil. Imagine sitting through an all hands like this.
- Some software engineers are fine with temporarily casting aside their morals in exchange for a north of 200k USD salary.
- Software engineers (the ones who work in firms producing nonfree software) have little to no class consciousness since none of them actually have meaningful ownership of the code they produce. They are just laborers of a greater executive/shareholders' visions. This way, they get to deflect blame since they were "another cog in the machine."
  Software engineers will not EVER push back on these companies because they have no hutzpah materially (worker ownership) or socially (Corporate mindshare). Opponents of free software correctly point this out but never go further than "i just need to make money."
  
  Why try to make enemies? I'm the kind of person you're talking about and I've absolutely pushed back and even left jobs over ethical issues.
  No need to stereotype and create artificial divisions. We're on the same side.
- I mean you gotta eat. I dont work for meta but for an industry that is probably scum. I think what I do adds value to it being less evil. I also do the bare minimum and they pay me so I think thats a win-win.
  
  How easily could you get a job elsewhere though? Meta devs have a choice and they chose greed. These aren't people struggling to pay bills dude. I'm getting sick of people acting like they are.
  And note that I did say "willingly". I understand there are people at Meta, especially non-devs, who may not have a choice. I doubt they are anywhere near a majority though.
  
  Software engineers can find high paying jobs easily, they can choose. Unless they want to eat caviar at every meal.

It wasn't a success because of that. People just don't care about the Facebook Papers and the Twitter exposes.
They either already suspected it, and this just confirms it, or they don't give a fuck, they just want a place to post inane statuses and talk to people, because it's social media.
Sadly they are sheep and they never will wake up.

Makes me wonder what absolute horrors Elon is getting ahead of, with Twitter's rename.
- That is a good point worth considering.... Though I just think he wants to shove some Fintech in there and thinks the name X is "cool".

Boycott META. Boycott billionaires.
- no I'm good thanks 👍
  
  Zuck sock account?

Not being a Facebook user and only seeing some mentions of FB/Meta in thread like this I can confirm I haven't heard of the Facebook Papers. It rings a bell about some privacy violation stuff, but not a big one.

Jokes on him, the app is still called Facebook on my Android!

Ever heard the criticism about some movie villains being “comically evil and unrealistic”? Well, tell those critics you’re sorry. Like even the MCU villains are realistic enough at this point. Matter of fact, Obadiah Stane is the perfect representation of one of these evil motherfuckers. That’s why he’s the scariest villain in the whole franchise.
- Wasn't there a recent James Bond movie about some guy controlling the water supply, which was less bad than an actual dictator's plan?
  
  Sounds like Quantum of Solace

Thanks for bringing this to my attention

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