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0 pointsfsociety4y ago0 comments

Facebook contributes a ton to the Linux and Python communities as well, by this logic you shouldn’t use either.

Thinking that infrastructure engineers have direct influence over the product is wrong. Instead they work at Facebook because it is a good means to being paid lots of money to contribute to open source.

Btw, getting out of us vs. them mentality will form a healthier community and result in more positive changes. You can call Facebook on shit without generalizing against the employees who work there.

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DyslexicAtheist4y ago

> You can call Facebook on shit without generalizing against the employees who work there.

I disagree. It's this behavior and lack of disinfectant (sunlight) that allows companies to get away with the amount of crimes against humanity they do. Saying "Tech" isn't political, or "I'm just an engineer somebody else is in charge" is how horror happens.

fsocietyOP4y ago

I never said "Tech" isn't political, or that "I'm just an engineer somebody else is in charge". Both are true and we best take time to think of the moral implications of our work.

What I am saying, is that you should not generalize people just because they worked or currently work at a big tech company. This is as much a cognitive bias as thinking a company like Facebook only does good.

You have no clue why they work there, what they work on, or who they are.

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