I mean the way people talk about Zuck, you'd think he's a mass murderer. But I'm not sure what he actually did other than brag about having passwords back in college and making ruthless business decisions.
For many people, the way (most) people talk about someone (i.e. their tone, not specific details) is the primary signal used to determine their own general tone/opinion about that person.
A few other common reasons someone may not like Zuck: 1. He's rich 2. He's at the top of a hugely profitable company (and profitable companies are generally disliked) 3. FB has absorbed a lot of the advertising spend, at the expense of traditional media (whose tone sets the tone for many people, pt 1)
In no way are they pumping out ever more opinion pieces rather than actual news, to pander to which ever "side" they "support"
Facebook has been successfully used for, and did not feel the need to intervene in, orchestrating genocide in other countries, IIRC - and this is before his secret meetings with aforementioned administration. Something something if it can happen somewhere it can happen where you are.
There are many other things, but those are the first to come to mind that would make me want to have absolutely nothing to do with him. Do you not care about other humans and civil society? If so, Zuck may be for you, but not I.
> I don't think there's anyone who I would outright refuse to work with just based on their negative public reputation.
Many successful SWE's and hiring managers have publicly and anonymously discussed not wanting to work with or hire previous Facebook devs based on morals and ethics of business, not even mentioning Zuck. Are they just trying to virtue signal and act woke? I don't know.
So like every other large company then.
"We connected people together and it turned out 1% of them are assholes"
> Are they just trying to virtue signal and act woke? I don't know.
Yes, is signalling your virtues and acting .. "aware of what is going on, or well-informed, especially in racial and other social justice issues"... bad?
If it harms others, then yes. Just yesterday I read about lawsuit where white male was fired to hire two females. Which is a direct consequence of diversity virtue signaling.
In the best case he’s just ridiculously naive, in the worst case…
You and I may not like him or use his website, but it seems that it is enough for someone like Carmack to continue working there for longer and the users who still detest him and his website to continue to have an account and use it regardless.
From a business standpoint, he is still winning. Every time someone uses his services or he is talked about, he wins.
No, he openly offered personally identifying information. Bit different.
Even independently of Facebook/Meta, yes.
